Mexican recipes I grew up with and more!
If I ask you what is your favourite Mexican breakfast, I am almost sure that you will say chilaquiles and to be honest with you, I do not blame you! Chilaquiles are everybody’s favourite. Crispy tortilla chips cover in a spicy salsa, fresh cheese, sour cream, coriander, who dares to say no to that!! Continue reading “Chilaquiles Rojos (Red Chilaquiles)”
It is the summer season, and this only calls for something nice and cold and these ice lollies are just perfect for those hot days. This flavour brings me back to my childhood in Mexico, when I was at primary school, they used to sell these lovely milk paletas with a piece of quince. Continue reading “Paletas de Yogur con Vainilla y Ate de Membrillo (Quince, Vanilla and Yogurt Ice Lollies)”
There is nothing more comforting than to sit down and have a lovely hot cup of coffee and a piece of “Pan Dulce” (this is what my mummy always says). Since I remember, pan dulce has been one of the things that we would always have at home. Continue reading “Elotes (Mexican Sweet Bread)”
Today is the first day of summer and to celebrate this day I decided to cook a lovely recipe with ingredients that are in season and peaches and gem lettuce are so lovely at the moment and if grilled, it intensifies their flavour. I know there are many simmilar recipes like this, but I made it my own by making a tomatillo, also known as Mexican husk tomato, salsa dressing. Continue reading “Ensalada a la Parrilla de Lechuga y Durazno (Gem Lettuce and Peach Grilled Salad)”
Sometimes the little things are the ones that end up being the most important ones, like today, my hubby surprised me with a bunch of these lovely peonies, so I thought to surprise him as well and I made stuffed poblano peppers for lunch and he WAS really surprised. Continue reading “Chiles Rellenos (Stuffed Poblano Peppers)”
Barbacoa is one of my favourite recipes ever! In Mexico we call barbacoa to the way the meat is cook and traditionally to cook a proper barbacoa you have to dig a hole in the ground, but eh! I do not see myself doing that in my garden, so I think I will stick to the easy option, so I used my casserole dish and after an hour or an hour and a half voila! magic happened in my kitchen and we got a wonderful aroma of a delicious barbacoa. Continue reading “Tacos de Barbacoa de Res (Brisket Barbacoa)”
Jalapeño peppers are those little green things that they look really spicy, but they are not, they are just some really good chillies and as my son Emilio calls them, they are little green torpedoes that can add lots of flavour to your food, you can eat them raw, pickled, cooked, stuffed, well, the ideas are endless. Continue reading “Jalapeños Rellenos (Stuffed Jalapeños)”
There are many types of spicy salsas in Mexico, we obsess with chillies that we seem to have a big imagination to create a new salsa every day. I have to confess that I am one of those people and I love spicy salsas and my favourite is this salsa with morita chillies. Continue reading “Salsa Macha (Morita Chilli Oil Salsa)”
I could eat seafood any time, what about you? I just love the freshness of a good octopus, clams or oysters, I think they are just very attractive and luxurious, so any opportunity I get, I always cook something with seafood and today I managed to stop one of my cravings, Octopus Ceviche. Continue reading “Tostadas de Ceviche de Pulpo (Octopus Ceviche)”
I love summer! it is the best season of the year, you can get so many fresh produce and make lots of nice salads, so today I made this lovely courgette flower salad. In Mexico we love to eat courgette flowers when they are in season, there are many delicious Mexican courgette flower dishes that I could eat for a whole week or more cooking with these little beauties. Continue reading “Ensalada de Flor de Calabaza (Courgatte Flower Salad)”