Posts Tagged ‘jicama’

Avocado, Pomegranate and Vegetable Salad- Ensalada de Corpus Christi

Avocado, Pomegranate and Vegetable Salad- Ensalada de Corpus Christi

Image from www.lowgicooking.com Ask Zarela The recipe for the corn, jicama, avocado salad is not in the cookbook Matt purchased for me.  Is the recipe available anywhere?  It was incredible. Answer: It is in my first book Food from my... (Continue reading)

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Jicama, Cucumber, Pineapple Soup/Salad (Gazpacho de Bienvenida)

Jicama, Cucumber, Pineapple Soup/Salad (Gazpacho de Bienvenida)

The street version does not include the serrano chiles so I will retest this and add a new photo in the near future.  At Zarela , we served this as a summer soup but it can also be a salad.... (Continue reading)

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Preparing Root Vegetables – Jicama

Preparing Root Vegetables – Jicama

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Jicama-Watercress Salad

Jicama-Watercress Salad

ENSALADA DE JICAMA Y BERROS (Jicama-Watercress Salad) Salads were not a big thing in Mexican meals during my Guadalajara days. Around the late seventies there seemed to be an upsurge of interest, just when I was starting my catering business... (Continue reading)

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Jicama

Jicama

Jicama is the tuber of a plant indigenous to Mexico and Central America.  The botanical name, Pachyrhizus erosus, is derived from the Greek pachys  — thick and coarse, as in “pachyderm!”  It has a crisp texture, somewhere between an apple... (Continue reading)

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