A friend just got back from a trip to Arizona and brought us a pound of this blue cornmeal. We love its gritty texture and earthy smell, and we can't wait to cook with it!
The package comes with a tortilla recipe, but we're wondering what other possibilities are out there. Any ideas?
Tamales were our first thought, though we're not sure if the cornmeal is ground fine enough. We might try running a cup through our food processor to see if we can get a finer grind.
Blue cornmeal has a bit more protein than regular cornmeal, so we wonder if it might do well in a yeasted bread recipe. Maybe a loaf studded with dried cranberries and pine nuts!
Then again, these pancakes from AllRecipes also sound delicious!
We also stumbled across this site, The Cooking Post, which has a trove of intriguing recipes using blue corn.
So many options to choose from! What do you suggest?
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I bet they would make an awesome savory corn pancake. There's a recipe in Mollie Katzen's Sunlight Cafe book--cornmeal, buttermilk, scallions, diced red pepper, corn kernals. Serve w/chipotle sour cream and/or guacamole. Or a spicy black bean-tomato salsa maybe?
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Go for the pancakes. Seriously worth it. Also good would be muffins or scones. Yum!
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I third pancakes. I'd stay sweet though, maybe even blueberries for a blue theme.
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in Texas we love our blue corn jalapeno cornbread! maybe a variation on this?
http://southernfood.about.com/od/muffinrecipes/r/r70920c.htm
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At Cilantro, a great mexican restaurant on the east side of manhattan, they make a great blue corn crusted calimari. Delish!
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One of my good chef friends makes blue cornbread as a regular staple, and while I've never been able to get the recipe, I can say that it is awesome!
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mix it with tempura batter and go to town! YUM!
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Try this:
New England Spider Cake
Excellent Sunday-morning breakfast.
2 cups buttermilk
1 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup yellow cornmeal
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup heavy cream.
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Whisk together buttermilk and eggs in a bowl. In another bowl, combine flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking soda and salt. Stir into dry ingredients and set batter aside.
2. Melt butter in a 12-inch cast-iron skillet. Pour in the batter. Using a funnel, pour cream into the center, slide skillet into the oven and bake until golden brown on top, about 45 minutes. Slice into wedges and serve warm.
Yield: 8 servings. (Maybe: depends on how much people like it---could be one enormous serving.)
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Here in Tucson, I've had blue corn muffins that I loved--the flour is sweet and a bit gritty, so I believe you have to cut it with another type of flour. Sorry, no recipe.
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I made a recipe once for blue corn crusted snapper that was delicious.... it may have actually been a Bobby Flay recipe.
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Another thought--use it as the dredging flour for frying up some okra!
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I vote for a simple polenta. Or maybe a topping for a fruit crisp.
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