May 2012 Posts (55)

Recipe by Cobras & Matadors in Los Angeles. The restaurant uses Ibarra brand Mexican chocolate

Ingredients:

5 (3.1-ounce) disks Mexican chocolate, finely chopped

1 cup heavy whipping cream

Directions:

Place the chocolate and cream in the top of a…

This recipe is from the book "Fonda San Miguel: Thirty Years of Food and Art".

Makes 24 tamales

Ingredients:

1½ cups vegetable

shortening or lard

1 cup sugar…

Yields 4 servings

Recipe by Chef Jacques Pépin

For crab cakes:

8 ounces crabmeat

1/4 teaspoon salt…

Yields 6 servings

Ingredients:



2 cups black beans, drained and rinsed

6 slices of bacon, cut into ½-inch pieces

1 small white onion, diced

2 cloves garlic, minced

2…

We’re at the height of mango season! The sweetness of fresh, ripe mango adds a counterpoint to savory dishes and a bit of tropical flair to your cooking. Here are a few tips for selecting a luscious mango for use in salads, salsas, smoothies and more.…

Ingredients:

2 parts BACARDI Superior Rum

3 parts Coca-Cola

1 ball of vanilla ice cream

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This grilled shrimp recipe pairs tangy cilantro lime shrimp grilled for a light smoky flavor and cool and spicy avocado puree dip for an appetizer with a chic flair.

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Ingredients:

½ chicken, skin removed

2 medium onions [divided use]

2 cloves…

Ingredients:

 

1½ ounces Coco Lopez ® Cream of Coconut

1½ ounces of rum

½ ounce lime juice…

Yields 4 servings



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For Warm Salsa:

2 beefsteak tomatoes, diced

4 tomatillos, diced

2 shallots, minced

2 serrano peppers, minced

3 cloves garlic, minced

1 teaspoon oregano

1 teaspoon cumin

Juice of 2 key limes…

We Love Shrimp!! For the first 20 years of my marriage, my husband would not eat any shrimp. Until one day I enticed him with some bacon wrapped shrimp. Of course if it had not been for that bacon, he would have never tried it, ha, ha, ha....thank goodness. Little by little I introduced…

Choosing a tasty, fresh pineapple can be a challenge. Unlike many fruits that become sweeter and riper over time, pineapples do not improve with age. They’re picked at the peak of ripeness, and once they’re harvested, the quality begins to decline. To select the perfect…

Ingredients



10 to 12 ounces tuna (canned or pouch)

1/2 cup diced white onions

1/3 cup diced poblano pepper

1 tablespoon fresh oregano, minced

2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, minced

3 pickled jalapenos, diced

3 tablespoons carrots in escabeche (from…

Ingredients:

For the syrup:

½ cup water

½ cup sugar

1 or 2 cloves and/or a cinnamon stick

 …

Ingredients:

For the syrup:

1 cup granulated sugar

1 cup water…


Yields 6-10 servings




Ingredients:

1 can evaporated milk

1 can condensed milk

1 condensed milk can's worth of cow milk (1% fat is OK, whole milk is better)

1.5 cups of…