Coffee chocolate after dinner drink: Copacabana
I first tasted this at the Café Enamorada in Cholula. It's a no-fuss dessert choice, because it's coffee and dessert in one. Use the best quality chocolate available and whipped heavy cream.
Ingredie...
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Almond Rompope: Rompope Almendrado
This column presented a basic recipe for Rompope: Puebla Style Eggnog in the November 2003 issue of Mexico Connect. This one, which contains almonds, is very close to the original recip...
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Chocolate Rompope: Rompope De Chocolate
A kid-friendly rompope, this is an adaptation of a recipe from Abuelita, a popular brand of Mexican chocolate. Adults who want their "cheer" and their chocolate, too, can add rum to their drinks.
I...
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Mexican autumn: Otoño mexicano
This elegant libation could easily serve as an after-dinner drink, coffee and dessert all in one. Since it is served in a mug, why not present it in an attractive new one, as one of Mom's gifts?
Ingre...
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Tamarind Water: Agua de Tamarindo
With the hugely burgeoning interest in international cooking, tamarinds have found a place in U.S. markets. An ingredient in Thai and Indian recipes, they are used in Mexico to make aguas and ...
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Rum Milkshake: Toro
I hadn't been to Boca del Rio in many years, and was surprised to see it transformed from a sleepy fishing village to a gastronomic center. At a fair there, with a friend from Veracruz, just about ever...
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Cantaloupe water: Agua de melón
Sweet and juicy, cantaloupe melons make a delicious agua, one of the most popular with visitors and newcomers to Mexico, probably because of their widespread use as a breakfast fruit in the U.S.
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Refresco de Toronja y Manzana
Ingredientes:
3 tazas de refresco de toronja
1 taza de vino blanco
1/4 de taza de tequila
1 manzana Golden lavada, pelada y cortada en cuadritos muy pequeños
el jugo...
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Sangrita
Ingredientes:
2 tazas de jugo de jitomate (tomate rojo)
el jugo de 5 limones
el jugo de 3 naranjas
1/2 cdita. de sal
1/2 cdita. de chile piquín
Preparación...
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Atardecer Tequilero
Ingredientes:
3 ó 4 cubitos de hielo
1 medida de tequila
2 cdas. de jugo de limón
2 medidas de jugo de naranja
1 medida de refresco de toronja
sal para escarc...
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Coctel De Playa
Ingredientes:
1 medida de tequila
3 medidas de jugo de naranja
1 medida de grenadina
el jugo de 1/2 limón
hielo frapé
Preparación:
Se mezclan el tequila, el jugo de na...
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Tropical Cocktail
Ingredients:
1 measure of tequila
1 measure of orange juice
1 measure of carrot juice
1 measure pineapple juice
1 measure grenadine
mineral water
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Tequila Sunset
Ingredients:
3 or 4 ice cubes
1 measure of tequila
2 Tbsp. lime juice
2 jiggers orange juice
1 jigger grapefruit soda
salt for the edge of the glass
Pr...
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Beach Cocktail
Ingredients:
1 measure of tequila
3 measures of orange juice
1 measure of grenadine
juice from 1/2 lime
crushed ice
Preparation:
Combine the tequila, orange juice and lim...
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Mexican Hot . . Or Not! - A Drinking (Wo)Man's Guide To Tequila
Ah!
Nectar of the Gods!
Bacchus never had it so good!
When I think of tequila, the following things come to mind:
a really quaint, clean little Mexican town about 90 minutes from my home;
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Sangrita
Ingredients:
2 C. tomato juice
juice of 5 limes
juice of 3 oranges
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. piquín pepper
Preparation:
Combine all liqui...
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Pomegranate Punch: Ponche de Granada
This recipe, from the state of Jalisco, is usually served as an aperitif before a fiesta meal. In Mexico, the word ponche is most often used to mean a fruit-based alcoholic beverage. Upon aging,...
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Pineapple, Cucumber and Celery Drink: Agua de Pina, Pepino y Apio
This recipe comes from Seasons of My Heart by the gracious and accomplished Susana Trilling, who gives Oaxacan cooking classes and serves refreshing fruit aguas to students as they prepare to...
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Mescal
Mescal, mescaline, mescal bean, mescal button; what are they? They are all intoxicants, which was what the word mescal meant in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Today mescal generally refers to...
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Refreshing Rice Drink: Horchata de Arroz
Horchata, which must be served ice cold, can be made with either cantaloupe melon seeds or rice. This version, made with rice, is more common and especially popular during the hot months.
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Just one and I have to go: The joys of pulque
I always like a glass of good pulque and my friend Pedro had some of the best. Once allowed only to Aztec nobles and priests, pulque is produced by cutting out the center of a Maguey cactus an...
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Citrus-tequila cocktail: Mexicana
Refreshing as a dip in the Carribbean, this is a nice change from the popular spring and summer tequila-orange juice combination. Serve it in a tall, frosted glass, with your choice of garnish- a lime ...
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Mango-tequila ice: Nieve de mango con tequila
During the warm months in Mexico, a variety of tropical fruit-flavored ices are sold by vendors with pushcarts, usually stationed in the parks and in front of schools. In the zócalo - main squa...
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A sweet tequila cocktail: Toreador
This chocolate-y concoction is Mexico's answer to the Brandy Alexander. Creamy and just a bit sweet, it makes a nice special-occasion drink. Any tequila may be used, although blanco (white) is preferab...
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Cooking with tequila: Mexico's national drink moves into the kitchen - Part One
Part 2
Tequila: the name alone conjures up a variety of images associated with the Mexican cultural landscape. From its beginnings in the blue agave fields of Jalisco, to its consumption in h...
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