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Masa de Maiz Azul (Blue Corn Flour)

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Morning Glory

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I recently managed to obtain this interesting flour on-line. Its a Mexican ingredient and really is made from blue corn. Hard to find in the UK! Traditionally its used to make tortillas but I wondered what else I could do with it. I made some (vegan) pancakes using half wheat flour/half Masa they turned out very well. I also made a rather brick like cornbread loaf (not pictured).

The masa has a very distinctive taste which is very different from regular masa. Anyway - has anyone got some inventive ideas as to what else I could use it for? I'm keen to experiment..

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Pancake (with black beans, spinach, chilli and egg):

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Believe it or not, we can't find that locally, even at specialty or Latin markets that mostly cater to Mexicans and central Americans.
 
CraigC said:
Believe it or not, we can't find that locally, even at specialty or Latin markets that mostly cater to Mexicans and central Americans.
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That surprises me a lot. I imagined it was just normal stuff for you! It wasn't very expensive unless I include postage but I ordered a few other things too.
 
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