For those lucky people who scored flour and a few envelopes of instant yeast before they disappeared from the store shelves, this is a basic recipe for homemade Mexican style buns … click on title for more
Homemade Buns – Bolillos and Teleras
Tag: Fiesta Friday
Revoltijo – A Tasty Jumble of Mexican Flavours
A very traditional dish to serve during both the Lenten and the Advent/Christmas seasons in Mexico is called “Revoltijo”, which literally translates as “jumble.” It might be a somewhat labour-intensive process to prepare each of the individual components, but then - as its name indicates - it is just a matter of adding everything to the pot, for a delicious jumble of textures and flavours … click on title for more
Shrimp-less Patties – Tortitas sin camarón
Since I am allergic to shrimp, I needed to develop a recipe of tasty vegetarian patties, a key item in "Revoltijo", a traditional dish for the Lenten season … click on title for more
Old-Fashioned Caesar Salad
Bacon and chicken were not ingredients in the original Caesar salad recipe, invented in Tijuana by Italian brothers and restauranteurs Alex and Caesar Cardini in the 1920s. However, their salad was not vegetarian because of the anchovy content, also in Worcestershire sauce, an important ingredient in their dressing. For my salad, I decided to use my vegetarian Worcestershire sauce, to make my salad truly vegetarian … click on title for more
Cream of Lentil (Vegan)
The inspiration for this recipe was the use of Worcestershire sauce as a seasoning. In the original recipe from the Mexican state of Zacatecas, cream and chopped ham are also on the ingredient list but, since I wanted to highlight the vegetarian Worcestershire sauce from my last post, I omitted them, to transform the dish into a fully vegan-approved soup … click on title for more
My Slice of Mexico 