Add some corn to your corn by chugging down disease-curing pozol, a drink made of corn dough and water (pozol blanco), or mixed with cacao (pozol de cacao), and popular during Mayan ceremonies and believed to help the Indígenas make long journeys through the jungle.
— Julia Moskin National Geographic Traveler: Sips of fermented corn dough and empanadas stuffed with "lizard fish" in the Mexican state of Tabasco.
She picked up a handful of masa, or corn dough, and shaped it into a pocket around a dollop of braised pork and closed the edges.
The chef, ADRIAN LEON, formerly of Rosa Mexicano at Lincoln Center, has come up with a menu that reinterprets familiar dishes Mexican style -- for example, turkey "filet mignon" in a mole sauce, lasagna with corn dough and chicken, and crispy fried chicken with jalapeños.
While doing so, begin to work your hands against the mixture, to create dough out of the seasoned masa, and corn oil.
The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of composition (hydrocolloids, water, and proteins) on the rheological and textural properties of gluten-free dough used for producing pasta based on corn-starch and corn flour.
House-smoked beef short ribs are enveloped in a sturdy corn-yuca dough and anointed with an invigorating guava barbecue sauce ($5.95).
"The staple dish in Ghana is banku, a starchy mass of corn or cassava dough, and luckily it suited our stove," Mr. Cedar recalled.
Made with candy corn, Pillsbury crescent dough and a dusting of powdered sugar, these doughy confections are "buttery" and "tender," promises Erickson on her blog.
