[New post] Beginner’s Choice: Mexican Dinner, Mocktail and More
chayohome2020 posted: " Mexican Marvel When Carmen announced last week that she and Gen were going to cook chile poblano con queso, frijoles y mole (featured image) and quesadilla and to bake tarta de ricotta con dulce de leche I was very impressed! It was their cooking d" HomeBlog by HomSkil
When Carmen announced last week that she and Gen were going to cook chile poblano con queso, frijoles y mole (featured image) and quesadilla and to bake tarta de ricotta con dulce de leche I was very impressed!
It was their cooking debut and it sounded very ambitious. For a start, they had to find all the Mexican ingredients. They worked through the week. Making dulce de leche was simple. It's just a matter of boiling a can of condensed milk, but it took three hours. Making the pastry required skill and patience. The end result was a baked cheesecake with a layer of cooked condensed milk.
The dinner was amazing! I have dined at Mexican restaurants a few times. Carmen's and Gen's dishes were restaurant standards by my standards. My contribution to the dinner was a mocktail of fruits (pomelo, watermelon, pineapple and cherry) in coconut water with frozen lime juice for ice.
The fruit mocktailQuesadillaMore mocktailTarta de ricotta con dulce de leche
Congratulations to Carmen and Gen. They have taken home-cooking and baking to a new level!
Marie's Jambalaya
Marie sent photos from Pittsburgh of the jambalaya she made using a mix she bought. I had always wondered what jambalaya was. I first heard it mentioned in a Karen Carpenter song, along with crawfish pie and fillet gumbo. Now I know that it is an American Creole dish of a stew served with rice.
Marie's jambalaya
The humble stew (with sweet wine)
It's my turn to cook this weekend. I have to keep things simple and I won't attempt to rival Carmen and Gen. I cooked a pork and chicken stew in sweet wine. I also cooked tuna pasta in a hurry. My favourite no-fuss dessert when I have very little time is mango jelly. So far, it hasn't failed me.
Pork and chicken stew in sweet wineTuna pasta Mango jelly in a hurry
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