Pork with Mashed Pumpkin (Puerco con Calabaza)
Pork with Mashed Pumpkin (Puerco con Calabaza) This Pork with Mashed Pumpkin is one of my absolute favorite Mexican pumpkin recipes. The sauce can be served as a soup or as a pasta sauce even. I’ve served it with pumpkin agnolotti. 2 pounds boneless pork butt (cut in...
Table Sauces: Pico de Gallo and Tomatillo Salsa
Table sauces and how to cook with them…Los Tuxtlas-Style Chile-Lime Sauce (Chile pastor)
Los Tuxtlas-Style Chile-Lime Sauce (Chile pastor) Sauces don’t get much simpler than this marriage of four or five flavors that accompanies many dishes in the Tuxtlas area. It is great with picadas or pellizcadas, but I also like it with fish and meat dishes. Chile...Griddle-roasting Chiles and Vegetables
Photo by Laurie Smith www.lauriesmithphoto.com Griddle roasting chiles and vegetables is both a flavor principle and an essential technique for achieving true Mexican flavor. It aids in removing the peel and adds a haunting smoky flavor. Don’t be tempted to...
The many lives of Zarela Martínez
Culinary legend Zarela Martínez introduced finely tuned, highly researched regional Mexican cuisine to a national stage, and has continued to blaze trails for more than three decades.