FEBRUARY 8, 2025: Nixta Sweethearts Brunch (partner class)
$250.00
Date: Saturday, February 8, 2025
Time: 10am - 2pm
Cost: $250 per couple (PRICE INCLUDES ENTRY FOR TWO PEOPLE)
PLEASE READ ALL CLASS POLICIES BELOW CLASS DESCRIPTION BEFORE MAKING YOUR PURCHASE.
Join us for a masa-centric brunch at the mill! Over the course of this three hour class we will make masa pancakes along with a savory hominy casserole featuring seasonal ingredients and mouth-watering chorizo. Nadia will guide you through both recipes and provide you with some special toppings she has curated to pair perfectly with your pancakes. Lastly, she will demonstrate how to make a luxurious atole and chocolate based drink called champurrado to enhance your brunch experience. Come join us for a brunch to remember!
Nixtamalization is the corn preparation method responsible for the tortilla swaddling your taco, the chip ferrying your salsa, the hominy dotting your pozole, and so much more. Many of us have never learned to appreciate the millennia of history behind the process of transforming dry corn kernels into masa. We invite you to come to this class with masa baddie and enthusiasts Nadia Rodriguez (Education Co-Director at Barton Springs Mill) to learn everything you need to know about cooking with fresh masa and hominy.
During this class, Nadia will:
- Talk about what it's like to use Barton Springs Mill Corn (we've got four colors!) to creat soft, pliable masa (aka corn dough)!
- Get hands-on experience with our yellow field dent corns locally grown in Amarillo, TX.
- Prepare masa pancakes and a delectable savory hominy casserole.
- Lead you through the proper cook and preparation for your brunch!
After you've gone through these steps, we will have a corn-centric brunch for you, complete with fresh masa pancakes, hominy casserole, champurrado and some other tasty accompaniments.
Whether you're new to the history and current applications of nixtamalization, or want to make the switch from instant masa to traditionally prepared nixtamal, we'd love to see you in class. ALL levels are welcome, and we're so excited to see you!
Things to look forward to:
- Have an opportunity to work with our own fresh corn, grown organically and processed on site!
- Learn a brief history, chemistry, and nutritional science of nixtamalization!
- Master a few masa specialties!
- Tour the mill with our Education Director
- Purchase BSM products at a class-exclussive 15% discount
BYOB is fine by us for participants 21+ 🍻
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Things to look forward to:
- Have an opportunity to work with our own fresh corn, grown organically and processed on site!
- Learn about the history, chemistry, and nutritional science of nixtamalization!
- Master the art of masa for making tamales and a number of other specialties!
- Tour the mill with our Education Director
- Purchase BSM products at a class-exclussive 15% discount
BYOB is fine by us for participants 21+ 🍻
Class Policies:
TICKETS ARE FINAL SALE, NON-REFUNDABLE, and NON-TRANSFERABLE TO OTHER CLASSES. You may transfer tickets to another person to attend in your place - simply have them check in under the original name used to purchase the ticket(s).
By purchasing tickets to attend one of our classes, you acknowledge that you have read and agreed to our Participant Class Policies and Media Release. Close-toed shoes and a head covering (such as a baseball cap) required for all classes.
Touring our facility requires that all participants adhere to health guidelines - all touring participants (included in ticket) will be required to remove most jewelry and piercings, and wear a beard net (if applicable) and/or hair net that effectively restraints all hair, including mustaches, goatees, and any other facial hair. Close-toed shoes are required for entering any part of our facility. No exceptions.
In keeping with the low COVID risk level in Travis County, masks are optional and up to personal discretion for this class.
In the event of class cancellation, we will email you to notify you of a canceled class.