Corn smut AKA "Huitacoche" or "Mexican Truffle"*
Originally taken from here
*other recipes are available.
We've talked about it elsewhere in the forum, but I don't remember placing it here. It's indeed sauteed. It's called Mexican Truffle for a reason. It's a horrible sight indeed. But it's priced for it's taste.
I mostly know it for being used for stuffing in savory French style crepes (Crepas de Huitlacoche), a dish invented in Mexico by a chef around the 1950s if I'm not mistaken. The Huitlacoche is sauteed together with tomato, Serrano hot peppers, onion and zucchini (courgette).
You did mention it twice, once in "Veganpunk" and again in "Food! Food! Food! The Good, Bad, Ugly, and Tasty steampunk treats and drinks"
It's hard to get here, though. So I haven't had a chance to do anything with it. Things like Huitlacoche and Zucchini (courgette) flowers only come in a can if you can find it, and I was sorely disappointed with the courgette flowers I found - because you need to sautee them fresh with a third ingredient which is also hard to get, Epazote (Mexican Tea)
Well, here's something I think I haven't posted:
In Latin cooking there's a fair amount of recipes that involve sauteing finely chopped vegetables and spices, usually including onions and garlic, which are s type of multi use seasoning called "sofrito," and it's the base for many dishes in Latin America. So
frito, as the name implies is fried by default, so maybe I should start describing dishes based on this tradition as well.
Epazote is used in several types of dishes as part of the sofrito, and it's known to be used to make "Mexican Fried Rice" Also known as "Mexican White Rice." It's also used in a dish called "Requesón con Epazote" (Ricotta Cheese with Mexican Tea), which is something I should try, as It looks very easy to do.
(No translation needed for the first video)
Typical Mexican white rice with onions garlic, and Epazote.
(a very simple version, can have many more ingredients)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VEIwj40UfPoRequesón (Ricotta Cheese) with Epazote
(Used with refried beans or as filling for quesadillas)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5HDhqcab9rU