Apr 03
The secret to making the best Guacamole is to use the freshest ingredients you can find. The main ingredient avocados, should be firm but still give a little when pressed, which means you might have to purchase them in advance and let them ripen close to some other fruit for a day or so before …
Feb 28
The next best thing to drinking tequila is cooking with it. It wasn’t until I got to Texas I realised how many varieties of tequila there were, unlike the UK where we a limited to one brand that comes with a little red sombrero lid and I’m sure is just tequila flavour. This recipe for …
Feb 16
There seems to be a glut of mini peppers in the supermarkets at the moment, and they are very reasonably priced, which I why I bought them. I can never turn down a bargain. I bought them without thinking of how I was going to use them, so pretty much made it up as I …
Feb 08
I was watching a show called ‘Quest for Fire’ by Rick Bayless and he talked about Roadside Chicken in Mexico, which is basically a spatchcock (butterfly) chicken cooked over coals. The flavour comes from the spice rub, which I used first as a marinade before cooking unlike the method on the TV Show. I also …
Feb 08
Tomatillos are related to the cape gooseberry and also part of the nightshade family, which includes potatoes, tomatoes, chilis,etc. They have a slight citrus flavour and are quite tart, but this can be changed by roasting them, as in this recipe. 0.5 pounds of tomatillos 1 jalapeno 2 cloves of garlic bunch of fresh coriander …
