Mexican Food Archive

TweetI really fancied something Latin inspired this evening. There’s something very satisfying about Latin food, and Mexican food in particular. It’s a perfect mix of insanely fattening and happily healthy – which is good for me at the minute as I need to address my eating habits. I’m not prepared to eat boring rabbit food yet I concede I can’t have everything lathered in butter and oil either. This way I get a little of both. I used to order this every time at the legendary TexMex restaurant in Edinburgh back in the day. Sadly the restaurant closed years ago but and have often randomly remembered it with fondness. The last time I ate there in particular was memorable. My mother was in town and we ordered the Flautas as a starter. For whatever reason the food took an hour to arrive, by which point the both of us were utterly off our faces on Margaritas and tequila shots. The last thing I remember is the pair of us staggering home at a 45% angle, clinging onto each other for a modicum of support. Anyway the dish is crunchy, meaty and deliciously flavoursome with every mouthful. The spicy tomato salsa is best served on the side ready to dunk a flautas into. Good times.

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TweetI’m new to this concept, but believe me it’s a phenomenon! Spicy eggs are absolutely sublime. Here’s a really simple Latin inspired dish I ate for supper tonight (i’d skipped dinner as I’d eaten an incredibly massive lunch). I’d received the salsa as a gift (and the recipe thankfully) from a good friend, and was told it went extremely well with eggs. It really does. You should try this – for breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper!

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Tweet I wasn’t feeling too great today so I decided to cook something which would be substantial and healing. The spice in this dish sure sweated out of me whatever was making me feel ill. I used some pretty hot chillies as a garnish but this is really your call. It’s got a nice warmth without it but if like me, you enjoy a challenge then spice it on up. Traditionally this dish is made with pork but it tastes just as good with chicken.

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Tweet If it’s raining and miserable outside and you’re stuck in the house, then you might want to give this a try. It’s a meal you have to wait for, but that wait is well worth it. This Mexican classic is absolutely mouthwateringly delicious and a real hearty meal in itself. Hominy, the key ingredient are corn kernels which have been cooked in lime (not the fruit). This removes their chewy husks and leaves only the flesh which swells up to large bean like appearance. They have a distinctive flavour which is not unlike that of a corn tortilla, not surprising as corn tortillas are made from ground hominy. They are the key to the meal so don’t leave them out or indeed substitute. It won’t work.

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