Cortazar, Guanajuato.

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INTEGRANTS: José Arturo López Teissier, Gabriela Villagomez León, Nancy Guadalupe Flores Bonilla

DESCRIPTION: It is a delicious dessert of corn bread with mesquite syrup and a touch of prickly pear jam accompanied by peach and a mesquite atole drink that will leave a delicious taste on your palate.


Ingredients:
  • Bread
  • Butter 90g
  • Sugar 75g
  • Egg 4pc
  • Orange liqueur 10ml
  • Wheat flour 100g
  • Cinnamon powder 2g
  • Sodium bicarbonate 10g
  • Corn 390g
  • Mesquite powder 20g
  • Evaporated lactose-free milk 1/2tz
SYRUP
  • Water 500ml
  • Mesquite powder 15g
  • Sugar 3/4tz
JALEA
  • Tuna 250g
  • Grenetin 7g
  • Sugar 20g
ATOLE
  • Water 2Lt
  • Tablespoons flour for atole 10
  • Cinnamon (slit) 3g
  • Piloncillo 40g
  • Mesquite powder 20g

Directions:

  • Cream the butter in a bowl and then add the sugar, beating until incorporated.
  • Step 2. Add the eggs one by one, mixing between each batch.
  • Step 3. Measure the necessary liqueur and pour it into the mixture while stirring.
  • Weigh the solid ingredients and pass them through a sieve to sift over the mixture in the bowl. Whisk
  • Step 5. In a blender place the corn and evaporated milk. Blend until they are incorporated into a heterogeneous mixture, it is very important that the husks of the corn do not fall apart, as this will give it texture.
  • Step 6. Pour the mixture from the blender into the bowl and incorporate it while mixing.
  • Weigh the mesquite powder and add it to the mixture, beating it until there is no trace of powder left.
  • Step 8. Grease and flour the molds to be used, pour the mixture into them in equal parts (recommended to use an ice cream spoon as a standard measure).
  • Step 9. Bake for 30-40 min. at 180°, if the pancake comes out clean when pierced, remove from the oven, unmold and let cool.

SYRUP

  • Step 1. In a saucepan place the water and heat until the first boil.
  • Add the sugar and dissolve completely. Weigh the mesquite.
  • Step 3. Remove liquid without reducing and dissolve the mesquite in it, until no lumps remain.
  • Step 4. Add the mesquite solution to the syrup.
  • Homogenize and reduce over low heat.

JALEO

  • Step 6. Wash the fruit and peel it. Place in a bowl and mash. Strain a prickly pear and pour it into a small saucepan.
  • Weigh the grenetina and hydrate with sufficient potable water. Place in a water bath until dissolved.
  • Step 8. Add to the tuna colada
  • Step 9. Mix and bring to medium heat. Add sugar and dissolve homogeneously
  • Step 10. When slightly reduced, remove from heat, approx. 5 minutes.

ATOLE

  • From the total water, separate a portion of cold water that will be used later.
  • Boil the water, cinnamon and piloncillo until dissolved.
  • Step 3. Use the portion of cold water and add the atole flour, dissolving to eliminate possible lumps.
  • Step 4. Add the solution to the mixture and wait to homogenize.
  • Step 5. Take from the boiling mixture and dissolve the mesquite powder.
  • Mix and reduce over medium heat, stirring constantly.

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José Arturo López Teissier

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