Humitas
Humitas, from above
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Humitas

Fresh corn, basil and onion wrapped in husks and boiled. Summer in a parcel.

75 minTime
10 gProtein each
mildSpice
Corn parcels2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayFresh corn and basil in husks.
The original
324kcalsame
10 gproteinsame
8 gfibresame
75minutessame

Humitas.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Sweet corn kernels (corn kernels)kernels from 8 cobs, husks kept
Onion1, finely chopped
Butter3 tbsp, or lard
Paprika1 tsp
Basil leavesa handful, chopped
Milk¼ cup
Tomato3, sliced, for salad
Saltto taste

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Carefully remove the husks from the cobs, keeping the large ones. Grate or blend the kernels to a coarse paste.
  2. 2Fry the onion in butter with paprika until soft. Mix into the corn with basil, milk and salt.
  3. 3Overlap two husks, add 2 tbsp filling, fold into a rectangle and tie with a strip of husk.
  4. 4Boil in salted water for 40 minutes. Serve with sliced tomato salad.
Serve it like this

Serve two parcels per plate, opened in their husks, with a tomato and onion salad and a pinch of sugar or salt to taste.

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