Discover and re-discover Mexico’s cuisine, culture and history through the recipes, backyard stories and other interesting findings of an expatriate in Canada
One last classic recipe to use up my homemade Quick Danish Dough is for these delicious empanadas hojaldradas (flaky patties). Mexican bakeries across the country offer flaky patties, with some of the most common fillings being red mole, tuna fish, cheese and roasted poblano peppers, and apple. I chose the last three flavours for this post ... click on title for more
Continuing with more options for pan dulce (Mexican sweet bread) to bake with the homemade Danish dough from my last post, in addition to Danishes (spiral buns), European bakers introduced other well-known confections, such as tartaletas (small tarts), tecolotes (owls), rehiletes (pinwheels), and the two other classics in the Mexican bread basket I chose for this post, as seen in the photo above, moños (bowties) and cream horns, popularly known as cuernos de la abundancia (horns of plenty) ... click on title
Danish dough is a very versatile medium to create all sorts of pastries, both savoury and sweet. Although in Denmark this type of pastries are called Vienna Bread (wienerbrød), since Austrian bakers introduced them there in the 1840s, they became popular worldwide as Danish pastries. French and other European bakers established in Mexico, started creating these pastries a few decades later, and nowadays, pasta danesa (Danish dough) is used in several traditional types of pan dulce (Mexican sweet bread), such as the classic rollos (spirals or rolls) shown above, with a dollop of jam, or raisins ... click on title for more
In Central Mexico, and especially in Mexico City, these old-fashioned buns may still be found at bakeries (panaderías). They are generically known as hojaldras (layered), usually called the same when filled with cooked shredded chicken and red mole, and known as Marinas when filled with slices of ham and cheese ... click on title for more
New Year's Eve and Day celebrations are around the corner; many people host get-togethers, often cocktail-party style, or as a casual night with games, and finger foods are a great option to offer at these gatherings. After sharing a very traditional menu in my last post, I thought of these old-fashioned sandwiches and canapés, maybe not the most sophisticated choices, but which sure will bring tasty memories of past celebrations to many of us who grew up in Mexico City during the 20th Century ... click on title for more
My Slice of Mexico 