Fritters with Brown Sugar Syrup: Bunuelos con Miel de Piloncillo y Canela
You don't have to break the dish for good luck after eating these, as is done in Oaxaca. Just serve them with plenty of the cinnamon flavored syrup. Piloncillo is the dark brown sugar, sold in cones...
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Strawberry and Tequila Cheese Cake: Pastel de Queso con Fresas y Tequila
Ingredients For the crust:
3 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/2 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
1 stick plus 1 tablespoons butter, melted
Preparation:
Preheat the oven to...
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Rice and Amaranth Pudding: Arroz y Amaranto con Leche
This variation of the classic arroz con leche is served in Zimatlan, Oaxaca, one of the largest amaranth-producing areas in Mexico. The addition of popped amaranth grains adds nutrients as well ...
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Caramelized Milk Custard: Leche Quemada
This stovetop custard is not as thick as one baked in the oven. It is no longer necessary to use a flaming wooden paddle to caramelize the surface, a process that can be successfully carried out using ...
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Rompope Mousse: Mousse De Rompope
Rich yet light-textured, this can be made in a decorative mold and garnished with whipped cream and candied cherries for an elegant presentation.
Ingredients:
1 ½ cups evaporated milk
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Three Milk Cake With Rompope: Pastel De Tres Leches Con Rompope
Tres leches cake, one of the all-time Mexican favorite desserts, is so named because it is made with three kinds of milk. Sweetened condensed milk has been around since the 1800s, when it was developed...
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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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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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Three kings sweet bread: Rosca de reyes
Rosca is the name given to any ring-shaped bread or cookie. This sweet bread was once used by the friars to evangelize: a small doll, representing the Christ child, is baked right in the bread- "hidden...
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Sweet Tamales: Tamales Dulces
Sweet tamales, wrapped in corn husks and piled on platters, are a traditional treat at children's birthday parties, baptisms and First Communions, as well as at the Christmas posadas.
On Candelar...
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Yam-Pineapple Dessert: Dulce de Camote y Pina
Since Fernández de Oviedo brought both yams and pineapples to Spain in the 1500s, one wonders whether he had this dessert in mind. In any case, it is a combination so popular in southern Mexico that w...
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Mexican Chocolate and Kahlua Sundae: Helado con Chocolate y Kahlua
A dessert syrup doesn't get much more Mexican than this. The flavor of the Kahlua liqueur is a natural with that of chocolate. Besides being used for sundaes, the syrup can also be used to make an adul...
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Plantains with Vanilla Cream: Postre de Plátano con Vainilla
This dessert is a dressed-up version of a classic Mexican night-time street snack. Nearly every good-sized town square in the country has a cart with a busy vendor frying sliced plantains, eaten topped...
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Chocolate Floating Island: Sopa de Chocolate
A Mexican version of the French Oeufs à la Niege - "snowy eggs" - this recipe reflects the French influence brought about by the ill-fated reign of Maximilian and Carlotta, who were held in far higher...
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Black Sapote Cake: Pastel de Zapote Negro
It is easy to see why black sapote is called "chocolate pudding fruit", with its dark, creamy consistency and sweet taste. This recipe makes a beautiful cake for a festive occasion. The frosting recipe...
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Mamey Mousse: Mousse de Mamey
Mamey has a sweet, peach-like taste when ripe. Puree the peeled fruit in a blender and strain it to remove any fibers before using it to make mousse. A light coating of vegetable oil spray, such as Pam...
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Pay de Dátil con Nuez
Ingredientes:
Para la Costra
18 galletas marías
1/2 barra de mantequilla
1 chorrito de leche
Para el Relleno
1 taza de nuez picada
1 taza de dátil picado
5 huevo...
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Panqué de Plátano
Ingredientes:
1 1/2 tazas de harina
1 cucharadita de carbonato
1 cucharadita de royal
2 barras de mantequilla (200 grs.)
1 taza de azúcar
2 huevos
6 plátanos taba...
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Banana Bread: Panqué de Plátano
Ingredients:
1 1/2 C. flour
1 tsp. baking Soda
1 tsp. baking Powder
2 sticks of butter (200 grs)
2 eggs
6 ripe bananas, mashed
1/ C. chopped nuts
Preparation...
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Cocked Hat Cookies: Chambergos
These are Great Grandma's Cookies called Cocked Hat:
Ingredients:
Cookies
2 1/4 of flour
1/2 C. of sugar
4 egg yolks
1 C. butter
Topping
3 egg whites
1 Tbsp. ...
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Brownies
Makes 30 - 1 1/2" squares
Ingredients:
1 1/2 C.butter (4 sticks)
8 Tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
4 eggs
2 C. sugar
2 tsps. vanilla
2 C. flour
2 tsps. baking pow...
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Flan De Jalisco
(serves 6)
Ingredients:
2 cups of whipping cream
1 cup milk (do not use low fat)
1 pinch of salt
1/2 tsp. natural vanilla
1 cup of sugar
4 large eggs
2 large egg y...
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Mexican Rice Pudding: Arroz con Leche
Serves 8
Ingredients:
2 C. rice
1 C. sugar
1 C. sweetened condensed Milk
2 qts. whole Milk
2" stick cinnamon
1 Tbsp. Vanilla
Preparation:
In a medium saucepan...
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Coconut Pecan Cake: Pastel De Coco Y Nuez
Ingredients:
Cake
1 C. oil
2 C. sugar
1 C. yogurt or buttermilk
1 tsp. baking soda
5 egg yolks
2 C. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. vanilla
2 ha...
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Light as a Breeze Rosette Fritters: Buñuelos De Viento
Ingredients:
1 Tbsp. sugar
4 eggs
1 C. milk
1 Tbsp. butter
1/2 tsp. salt
1 3/4 C. flour
1/2 l. oil for frying
1 C. sugar
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