Cooking & Other Sauces

Salsa Verde con Aguacate

Salsa Verde con Aguacate

Salsa Verde con Aguacate Green Sauce with Avocado (Recipe:  Zarela’s Veracruz, Houghton Mifflin, 2001 The original recipe called for mashing the ingredients by hand with a mortar and pestle and mixing in the chopped avocado and the cilantro at the... (Continue reading)

Salsa de Chile Colorado

Salsa de Chile Colorado

My mother’s enchiladas photographed by Laurie Smith                                          www.LSmithphoto.com SALSA DE CHILE COLORADO (Red Chile Sauce) This is probably the most versatile version of the red chile sauces. It also shows two important techniques. To develop the flavor of the dried... (Continue reading)

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salsa de tamal de linda

salsa de tamal de linda

Judie Meador and me Zoyla Mendoza, our Valley Zapotec  cooking expert recently gave a cooking class and this was the clear winner.  I never understood the origin of  the name only that it had to do with her two grandmothers... (Continue reading)

Mole de Xico

Mole de Xico

Photo by Laurie Smith    www. LSmithPhoto.com Okay!  Don’t get scared!  This mole is not as difficult as it would seem by the long headnote.  Break it up in steps and them put it all together and you will have a... (Continue reading)

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Mole Verde (Green Mole)

Mole Verde (Green Mole)

For those who attended my class at the Gourmet Latino Festival, here is the recipe f or mole verde.  We will be serving it  this week along with 6 other moles from the state of Oaxaca. Thank you for yoru... (Continue reading)

Pesto de Hoja Santa

Puré de Hoja Santa Hoja Santa Purée This is not a traditional Mexican basic but it is the base for several dishes I make and will soon post.  You can substitute cilantro or Italian parsley for the hoja santa. i... (Continue reading)

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