Blue Corn Bean Enchiladas
- At March 3, 2010
- By megan
- In black beans, Blue Corn, garlic, pinto beans
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These are really fun to make and to eat.
Preheat the oven to 375.
For the enchiladas:
- 1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 can pinto beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 yellow onion, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 TB peanut oil
- 1 tsp cumin
- red pepper flakes
In one pan, get the beans going. Heat a pan to medium high, add the peanut oil and saute the onion for a few minutes until soft and fragrant. Then add the garlic and after a minutes, add the beans. Keep this moving on the heat and turn it down to medium. Let this heat up and then add the cumin and red pepper flakes. Toss this well and remove from heat.
In another pan, get the sauce going. Pour in the tomatoes, and then add each ingredient, one by one, and mix well. Get this to a boil and then drop it down to low to simmer for 15 minutes or so.
- 1 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes with green chilies
- 1/2 TB granulated onion
- 1 TB Black Canyon Chili Powder
- 1 TB chili powder
- 1 TB enchilada seasoning (from the ethnic section of Whole Foods)
- 1/2 TB cumin
- 1 tsp sea salt
- chopped fresh cilantro
In a fry pan, heat up a little peanut oil. The blue corn tortillas need to be heated a little to allow them to roll without cracking and breaking, so toss them on the hot pan for a few second on each side until them become flexible. Then, put them on a plate, add some filler, and roll them, one-by-one as you heat them up. This works best with a partner in the kitchen to make an assembly line.
Place them all in a Pyrex baking dish, pour the sauce on top, cover with cheese (I used Tillamook medium white cheddar, but use whichever you prefer). Bake for 15 minutes or so until you hear it “talking” to you (sizzling).
Enjoy.
Fresh Butter Blue Corn Bread
I love baking blue corn bread, and now that I no longer bake with packaged butter, I am in the process of an experiment where I remake all of my baked dishes with fresh, homemade butter. I adapted my Chunky Corn Bread recipe for fresh butter, and, guess what? It turned out fantastic! (If I may say so myself…)
Ingredients:
- 1 cup blue corn meal
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 2 tsp baking powder (a little less if at altitude)
- 1/2 tsp baking soda (little less at altitude)
- pinch of sea salt
- 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
Preheat the oven to 400. Combine the dry ingredients in a bowl and toss with a whisk or fork to mix a little more evenly.
Next, make your fresh butter. Pour the heavy whipping cream into your KitchenAid mixer bowl, and whisk with the wire whisk attachment on speed 10 for a few minutes until you have freshly whipped butter. I like to take out just enough to butter my baking pan. Then, add the maple syrup, mix on speed 2 for a minute, the eggs, mix again another 30 seconds, and the buttermilk, and mix another minute.
Slowly add the dry ingredients into the wet and mix until it is all combined.
Pour into a buttered baking dish, pan, muffin tray, or whatever you are using, and bake at 400 until a toothpick or knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Baking time will vary depending on the size of your pan: muffins might be done in 10 minutes or so, mini loaves in 15, and full-sized pans in 25. When it is nicely golden brown, remove from oven and let cook in the baking dish for 10 minutes or so before removing to cool completely on a wire rack. Enjoy.
Blue Corn Cakes
I love using blue corn. It makes dinner more fun when corn bread and corn cakes are blue instead of yellow. Look for it in Whole Foods or in the natural and organic section of your local supermarket.
Ingredients:
- 1/3 cup whole wheat flour
- 2/3 cup blue corn meal
- 1 TB onion powder
- 1/2 TB garlic powder
- 1.5 tsp (or 1 tsp if at altitude) baking powder
- 1 tsp (or 3/4 tsp at altitude) baking soda
- pinch sea salt
- fresh ground black pepper
- pinch Aleppo pepper or red pepper flakes
- 2 eggs
- 2 TB evaporated cane juice
- 1 cup plain rice milk (go ahead and use real milk if you stock it)
- 3 TB walnut oil
In one bowl, combine the dry ingredients, and in another, mix the wet. Whisk the wet into the dry and pan fry like pancakes (300-350 on a lightly oiled griddle) for a few minutes on each side. Serve with something delicious and enjoy.
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