huitlacoche : 9 Recipes
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Huitlacoche
Huitlacoche (also called cuitlacoche ) is "corn smut," an inky-black fungus that infects and grows on ears of corn. It's pretty disgusting-looking , which explains why consumption of this delicacy never took off in the United States, even[...] |
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Adventures of Corn Smut (Huitlacoche): Quesadillas Lucha
My biggest mission besides #winning 4 graduate credits studying abroad in Mexico was eating huitlaoche , a fungus that grows in the corn silk. The disease enters the ovaries of the plant and replaces the normal kernels of the[...] |
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Mexican Truffles
On a recent trip to Mexico we found “Huitlacoche Quesadillas” on the menu. Barnaby, being well-versed in Mexican cuisine, exclaimed, “Oooh! Corn smut!” What the !? Huitlacoche (pronounced wheat-la-co-chay) is a disease[...] |
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Poblano and Corn Soup with Huitlacoche, Roasted Corn, and Applewood Smoked Bacon
This one was a rustic interpretation of a refined version I had at Tamayo (considered a Modern Mexican Restaurant), post on that great meal to follow. To me poblano / pasilla chiles are kind of a Mexican equivalent to one of the components of[...] |