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Southern Cheese Grits with Freshly Milled Corn

Felicia Joscelyn
A Southern staple, but we're doing it the old fashioned way! You own freshly milled grits, right at home!
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Servings 4 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup coarsely milled corn mill 1 1/2 - 2 cups of corn on a coarse setting to achieve grits; white or yellow dent corn.
  • 3 cups water
  • 1 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese grate it yourself! Do not use pre-shredded cheese, it does not melt properly. You can also just cut up the cheese in small bits, it will just take a bit longer to melt.
  • 2 TB butter
  • 1/2 TB salt

Instructions
 

  • Mill the corn in a blender or grain mill on a coarse setting. You do not want fine flour. Grits are suppose to be coarse about the size of coarse salt.
  • After milling, sift out the fine corn flour in a fine mesh sieve. You need to get most of the fine corn flour out otherwise grits will be too gelatinous. Save the corn flour in your freezer to use for cornbread.
  • After sifting, measure out 1 full cup of grits.
  • While sifting, pour 3 cups of water in a pot and bring to a boil on the stove.
  • When water comes to a full boil, slowly add grits to pot while stirring with a whisk vigorously to ensure no lumps form.
  • When all grits have been added, cover with lid and turn down temperature to low. For the first 5-15 minutes, whisk grits every 30 seconds to a minute to make sure they do not stick to the bottom of the pot and they don't get lumpy.
  • After the above amount of time and grits are halfway cooked, you do not have to stir them as often. Let simmer for about 30-45 minutes total until grits are cooked.
  • While grits are cooking, grate the sharp cheddar cheese and get your butter and salt ready.
  • When grits are done or mostly done, add grated cheese, salt, and butter to the pot and stir.
  • Once all cheese and butter have been melted and incorporated into the grits, they are done!
  • Serve and enjoy!

Notes

To mill grits:
Regular impact mills (the Nutrimill Classic and the Wondermill) cannot grind grits on this coarse of a setting. Stone grain mills are the best or a powerful blender like the Vitamix or Blendtec.
 
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