When it comes to Russian cuisine, kasha is rightfully considered a staple food, holding the second place on the most beloved dish list right after shchi — cabbage soup. This fact is proved by an old Russian saying: “Shchi da kasha – pishcha nasha”, meaning “Shchi and kasha are our kind of food”.
Kasha is actually a nutritious porridge made with cereals or pseudocereals, which can be served for breakfast, dinner, as a side dish usually paired with soup or an individual meal. The beauty of kasha is in its versatility — it can be sweet or savory, and as simple or complex as desired.
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One of the most characteristic breakfast dishes of the American South, grits are essentially a porridge made from dried, hulled and ground corn kernels cooked in water or other liquid, and seasoned with salt and butter. White, yellow, or blue corn can be used, and the process starts with hominy, dried corn kernels from which the hull has been removed by soaking them in water mixed with lime mineral, wood ash, or other alkaline products.
Dried and ground hominy is called hominy grits, or simply grits, and it is available in four varieties. Whole-ground or stone-ground grits are the coarsest, regular grits are medium ground, quick grits are ground finely, while instant grits have the finest texture.
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This recipe is adapted from www.amolavaltellina.eu.
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