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    Huitlacoche Puree

    Published: Jan 11, 2020 Modified: Dec 7, 2022 by Alan Bergo This post may contain affiliate links Leave a Comment

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    One of the first things I wanted to do with huitlacoche was make it into a rich, smooth, jet-black puree, a pretty simple thing to do as, when cooked, the mushrooms naturally melt into a sort of delicious black, inky goo.

    Huitlacoche Sauce

    It's great if you like huitlacoche, as I do, and is probably a little easier for non-huitlacoche enthusiasts to eat as there's no soft chunks. 

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    Wisconsin Huitlacoche from my friend Mushroom Mike LLC.

    Use the finished puree as a condiment on a plate, add it to black bean soup as a thickener, or, use it to make huitlacoche elotes. 

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    One thing you can do with the finished sauce is make elotes.

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    Huitlacoche Puree

    A simple, jet-black puree of huitlacoche with onions, garlic and jalapeno. Use it as a garnish on a plate, smeared in quesadillas, or swirled into black bean soup as a thickener. Makes about 1.5 cups.
    Prep Time15 mins
    Cook Time20 mins
    Course: Condiment
    Cuisine: Mexican
    Keyword: Huitlacoche
    Servings: 6
    Author: Alan Bergo

    Ingredients

    • 8 oz huitlacoche coarsely chopped
    • 2 oz yellow onion diced ¼ inch
    • 1 small clove garlic minced
    • 1 small jalapeno seeded and diced ¼ inch (add some seeds if you want it extra spicy)
    • Good pinch dried or fresh epazote optional
    • ½ teaspoon ground cumin or to taste
    • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter

    Instructions

    • Warm water, as needed to make a thick puree (alternately, you can use a few spoonfuls of tomato sauce)
    • Sweat the onion, jalapeno and garlic in the butter until translucent, then add the huitlacoche, epazote and cumin and cook until wilted, about 10 minutes.
    • Transfer the mixture to a food processor and puree until as smooth as possible, drizzling in a little water as needed to make a velvety puree (I use a highspeed Vitamix blender here, but I recognize many people don’t have one, if you do, or if you have a similar one like a ninja, do use it for the smoothest, silkiest puree.)
    • If you add too much water and the mixture is loose, it’s no big deal, sweat it to dry it out, then reserve. Keep the puree warm. The most important part is that the puree is smooth enough to slather on an ear of corn.
    • Transfer the puree to a bowl and season with salt and pepper to taste. The puree should be very rich, possibly slightly bitter, almost too rich to eat by itself—don’t worry, slathered over piping hot sweet corn it will be delicious.
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