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MIXIOTE LEAVE MAGUEY BY DOZEN
Mixiotes are the rather tough outer membranes of the young Maguey (century) plant leaves. The membranes are removed in sheets and used to wrap little bundles of marinated meats and chiles which were then steamed as you would a tamale. Today you can use banana leaves or parchment paper.
NOTE: BEFORE USE, THEY MUST BE SOAKED IN WARM WATER. Mixiotes leaves come from the Maguey leaves. When they are peeled from them, they come out with imperfections like little holes.
We recommend using double-leaf when cooking to avoid infiltrations.
Bag with 60 maguey leaves
Good for 4 kg of meat or barbacoa grill
Included Free one bag of seasonal 100 % made from the Magueys plant.
Availability All Year
50cm size | 19in x 19in
Hand-selected, Hand-picked,
All Natural
Origin: Mexico
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SKU: MIXLEA11L
FRESH MIXIOTE LEAVE
The Mixiote Leave: An Indigenous Culinary Delight. Mixiote (pronounced meesh-EEOH-teh) is a word in Nahuatl (NAH-ooah-tl), the language of the Mexica people more commonly known by their Spanish name: the Aztecs. As a side note, the word “Mexico” comes from the word “Mexica”, which explains the country’s name. In any case, variations of Nahuatl are still spoken by 1.45 million people in Mexico according to a 2005 report of the Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia (“INEGI”), the Mexican government’s statistics bureau.
Many words in English are originally Nahuatl, including avocado (aguacate in Spanish, ahuacatl in Nahuatl), chili peppers (chile in Spanish, chilli in Nahuatl), chocolate (chocolate in Spanish, chocolatl in Nahuatl), coyote (coyote in Spanish, coyotl in Nahuatl), and many more. Culturally, most Mexicans use words derived from Nahuatl every day, often without even knowing that is where they come from. Ethnically, almost all Mexicans are mestizos—of mixed European and indigenous bloodlines—with many of us from the Valley of Mexico having Mexica ancestry. Personally, I’m unsure if I have Mexica blood, but my family has Zapotec and other indigenous groups in our ethnic mix.
The Nahuatl-derived term “mixiote” refers both to the parchment-like film or membrane obtained from maguey leaves
The word mixiotes refers to one of the most delectable dishes within the wide spectrum of Mexican cooking, as well as the wrapping used to contain these steamed individual meat stews. This wrapping, also known as a mixiote, is the outermost layer of a maguey leaf, called a penca.
Hence, the word mixiote is a derivative of the Aztec language and is a combination of “the maguey leaf and skin of the arm.” During this period of time, plantations of the maguey leaf, which is a type of agave cactus, were plentiful and regularly harvested.
