Discover and re-discover Mexico’s cuisine, culture and history through the recipes, backyard stories and other interesting findings of an expatriate in Canada
To finish this leap-year February and Black History Month, I chose a traditional stew from the Mexican state of Guerrero, which has clear North-western African influences, with the use of dry fruit, spices and plantain, and New World mestizo notes from the use of tomatoes, potatoes, pickled peppers, and pineapple ... click on title for more
As I have mentioned before, dishes which call for tomatoes, onions and fresh hot peppers are called "a la mexicana" - Mexican style; I have shared a few of recipes in this category, for example, Machaca a la mexicana - Mexican Style "Pounded" Beef, or Mexican Style Asparagus, and even salsa mexicana, better known as pico de gallo. These pork chops fall into that category, too, and with the addition of potatoes, they become a well balanced meal. I am also including a link to one of my desserts which, shaped as hearts, should be the perfect addition for a complete Valentine's Day menu ... click on title for more
Back in 2021, I published a post explaining the origins of Candlemas (Día de la Candelaria in Spanish), why is celebrated on February 2, and why, in Mexico, food containing corn, and particularly tamales, are traditionally shared on this day. Roaming through more recent posts, I found a couple more recipes for tamales, so in this post, I am sharing the original text, with an updated list ... click on title for more
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
My Slice of Mexico 