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Cooking with Salsa – Three Recipes
Written on 3 Mar, 2014 at 10:00 in Appetizers & Little Dishes, Cooking & Other Sauces, Featured, Ingredients, Mexican Basics, Recipes, Seafood |
If you have ever been to one of my cooking classes, you know that I like to work with building blocks. In other words, I take a basic recipe , such as salsa or pico de gallo, and use it... (Continue reading)
Sugar Snap peas cooked with salsa
Written on 3 Mar, 2014 at 9:41 in Cooking, Cooking & Other Sauces, Ingredients, Mexican Basics, Recipes |
This is another dish well remembered from childhood — we ate a lot of good vegetable dishes at the ranch! The beans must be tossed very quickly with the sauce It’s a good way of using leftover Pico... (Continue reading)
Achiote Paste- Recado de Adobo Colorado
Written on 27 Feb, 2014 at 12:44 in Cooking & Other Sauces, Featured, Ingredients, Marinades and Seasoning Pastes, Recipes, Techniques |
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Tablecloth Stainer Sauce (Manchamanteles)
Photo by Michael Sofronski.www.michaelsofronski.com. This is the first homemade main-dish sauce that I ever ate from the southern Mexico state of Chiapas. It changed my whole perception of Mexican food. I was amazed at the combination of flavors–rich, tart,... (Continue reading)
My Favorite Mexican Dinner Menu
Written on 8 Dec, 2013 at 3:26 in appetizers, Cooking, Cooking & Other Sauces, Desserts & Breads, Favorites, Featured, Mexican Basics, Recipes, Soups, Vegetable & Side Dishes, Vegetables, Zarela Cooks at Home |
Welcoming guests into my home and introducing them to my food fills me with joy. It is not the fleeting moment of the m, masa teal but organizing everything that makes for the perfect party that extends the pleasure. Planning... (Continue reading)
Chipotle or Morita Chile Paste – Pasta de Chile Seco
Written on 13 Nov, 2013 at 0:30 in Cooking & Other Sauces, Recipes |
Pasta de Chile Seco Zarela’s Veracruz, Houghton Mifflin, 2001 Don’t let the sweet, seductive, smoky smell of Salsa de Chile Seco, a powerful hotter-than-hell condiment,that appears on many Veracruzan tables in different versions. Veracruzan chipotles sing with flavor not always... (Continue reading)
Green Pumpkin Seed Sauce. Pepian Verde
When Tyson Ho told me the other day that his favorite Mexican dish is the pepian that they serve at some little Mexican restaurant on 9th Avenue even if it is the ugliest chicken dish he’s ever had , I... (Continue reading)
Mole de Xico
Photo by Laurie Smith So many peopel have been asking for my mole recipe so I am reposting it. Okay! Don’t get scared! This mole is not as difficult as it would seem by the long headnote. Break it up... (Continue reading)
Recaudo
Written on 16 Mar, 2013 at 19:43 in Cooking, Cooking & Other Sauces, Marinades and Seasoning Pastes, Mexican Basics, Recipes |
This concept is not the same thing as recado (although both that and its Caribbean counterpart recaito must go back to the same root). It is probably related to the lengthier Spanish sofrito, which involves onions and garlic slowly cooked... (Continue reading)
Dukkah- Not Mexican but a deliciouds addictive spice mix
You can buy it or order it from Kalustyan’s or make it yourself with this recipe from Simply Recipes: Original recipe makes 1.5 cups 2/3 cup hazelnuts 1/2 cup sesame seeds 2 tablespoons coriander seeds 2 tablespoons cumin seeds 2... (Continue reading)
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