Prime Corn | February 29th Community Tasting

Join us for an intimate tasting experience featuring Spice Kitchen Incubator entrepreneur Wendy Juarez, owner of Prime Corn. Fresh off her residency in the Salt Lake City and County Building Cafe, Chef Juarez goes back to basics to celebrate all things corn—using rare ingredients to craft ancestral, gluten-free recipes that highlight the versatility, history, and beauty of corn.

A four-course tasting menu and two handmade corn-based beverages will be served. This will be an evening to remember, hosted in a private downtown location. Book soon as there are a limited number of spaces.

Where: Private Downtown Location (location announced upon ticket purchase)

When: February 29th, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Price: $60 per person

Menu:

Starters

▪︎ Tlacoyo: a blue corn cake stuffed with beans grounded in a metate, served with a chintextle spread (a smoky paste made with pasilla peppers and Mexican chapulines) and a Roasted nopales.

▪︎ Mini Tlayuda: a crispy thin corn tortilla coated with refried black beans, queso Oaxaca, and avocado. 

Soup

▪︎ Tesmole: a chicken soup with chayote squash, xoconostle, potatoes, green beans, and Mexican Squash, thickened with corn masa and chochoyotes.

Entree

▪︎ Tikin Xic: a fish dish cooked in a plantain leaf with achiote, pepitas, and Mexican herbs, garnished with xnipec and served with a Huazontle patty filled with panela cheese, served on a huitlacoche sauce.

Dessert

▪︎ Nicuatole: a dessert made with strawberries, and nixtamalized purple corn, served with a guava and piloncillo syrup and tejocote chunks.

Beverages

▪︎ Tejuino. A refreshing drink made with fermented corn masa, lime juice, and piloncillo. 

▪︎ Pinole: a hot drink made with Roasted purple corn, cocoa beans, corn silk, and piloncillo.