Huitlacoche (smut by any other name)

[shroomgirl]

MY gosh there was an onslaught of responses to farmers bringing in corn smut or huitlacoche....whaddaya do with it?

[Kimmie]

This is such a great idea Shroom. Thanks.

For the following recipes:

• Huitlacoche Soup
• Huitlacoche Mousse; and
• Layered Crêpe Dish with Huitlacoche

Click here

Here is the link to
Herdez

Also www.thecmccompany.com/mex2.htm#MEXICAN SPECIALTIES
scroll downwards for Cuitlacoche

[ July 30, 2001: Message edited by: Kimmie ]

[Mezzaluna]

I think I heard corn fungus is all the rage in a processed food in Europe called Quorn, and is widely available there. Is it the same stuff? Here's its website: http://www.quorn.com/fiabout.htm

[ August 01, 2001: Message edited by: Mezzaluna ]

[Pete]

They make killer rellenos, though the filling looks a little gross. Use, jalapenos for little rellenos, just simmer the jalapenos first to soften thier fiery bite.

[Bayou]

Huitlacoche a-la-mode ???

[Kimmie]

F u n n y B a y o u ! !

[Ivey]

Coc au Huitlacoche?

[Mezzaluna]

I thought I'd bump this one up now that Quorn is becoming more widely available in the U.S. Heck, if you can get it in Wauwautosa, Wisconsin (Outpost Natural Foods) I guess it's close to becoming a staple.

Here's their U.S. site: http://www.quorn.com/us/index.htm

Has anyone tasted this product? I'm interested in its advantageous nutritional profile: low carb, high protein, low sodium and high fiber. But if it tastes funky, I'm going to save myself a trip to the health food store...

[thebighat]

No, try it, the Quorn. It's pretty good. Also look for some stuff called Veat.

[kokopuffs]

What are Huitlacloche and quorn? I require a bit of cultural infusion.

[Mezzaluna]

Huitlacloche is a fungus that grows on corn. It's as ugly as sin, but many people say it's delicious. Quorn (follow the link I posted) is a mycoprotein product. Translation: it's protein from fungi. I've never tried either item, but the Quorn (kworn) sounds intriguing.

[IronChefATL]

yeah I've seen an, i think, an enchilada-ish recipe using this stuff.
I am going to ask my friend from Mexico City about it.

[kokopuffs]

It appears to me that the aforementioned "stuff" may well have antibiotic properties. Isn't penicillin a fungus or spore? And please omit references to mushrooms.

[Suzanne]

Originally posted by Bayou
Huitlacoche a-la-mode ???

Hey, that's not as off-the-wall as you might think! I've got a recipe from Josefina Howard for a dessert sauce made with it. Supposedly comes out tasting kind of like chocolate sauce. It's huitlacoche sautéed in butter, mixed with heavy cream or evaporated skim milk, puréed, and flavored with Amontillado sherry.

[shroomgirl]

Oh man, there goes my dinnner.I'm cooking a shroom dinner March 28th and am forgoing any shrooms for dessert....there are some places I just don't go.
quorn actually tastes like chicken ,REALLY> I've got some in my freezer.
huitlacoche for those that have not seen it is black and grey and looks like distended corn kernals....actually it is fungal. Alot of us shroomers claim it as one of our own.