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My favorite place to be in Toronto is in Kensington Market, I love the vintage shops, my favorite tea shop, the open air feel of the fruit markets, the cheese shops…all in a few square blocks! But best of all, you can find Toronto’s tastiest street food. For instance, there is shop on Augusta on the west side that serves up enchiladas of chicken, beef or vegetarian. The vegetarian is to die for, wrapped in a corn husk you will find the polenta like mush that has the taste of fresh creamed corn (not the over-sweet canned stuff) and the texture of polenta. Steamed and set into a slow cooker, it is, like , three bucks worth of the best three minutes of the day. The gal who served me said it was easy, brown some onions, stir in some basil, scrape off some fresh corn and simmer. When pushed a wee bit, she admitted that the original recipe doesn’t contain any corn meal back home but that the corn here was different and in order to make it creamy enough, she has to stir in some masa harina. I am thinking that this dish has to grace my next dinner party, just think of it! These tiny little personal packets will cause such a stir and this is a way better starchy side dish than mashed potatoes both in terms of nutrients and panache. I’ll have to fuss with it a bit but the corn husks are free with the corn and they can be made well in advance and then re-steamed right in the crock. Can’t wait to play with this one! |
