‘Corn smut, fungus, Mexican truffle — these are just some of the aliases of huitlacoche (pronounced whee-tla-KOH-cheh)
In simple terms, it’s a plant disease that grows on ears of corn around the kernels in puffy, gray clouds that look kind of like river stones. But when you take this strange fungus into the culinary world, huitlacoche becomes a delicacy used in all sorts of dishes from soups to enchiladas to sauces.’
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