Posted in Cocktails, tagged gin, herbs, latin, spicy on August 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A great list of ingredients and a clever name. Add to this a
recommendation from a friend and the drink of the night is pretty much sealed.
The original recipe calls for Tanqueray but Hendricks works well considering its obvious cucumber background. The drink is a bit sweet but so pleasantly so…
Ingredients in my version:
6 to [...]
Posted in What's for Dinner, tagged cabbage, chipotle, chorizo, mussels, Quick, salad, sausages, spicy, tequila, tomatoes on June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sauce of fire roasted tomatoes, charred onion, garlic and chipotle in adobo. Slices of fried chorizo. Baked in 500F oven covered, in cazuela.
About the ratio: 2lb mussels, 1lb sauce, 1/3lb chorizo, 1/2 cup tequila: can def tune down on the latter – the flavor was nice but a bit bitter (usually comes with strong liquors).
Served [...]
Posted in What's for Dinner, tagged chicken, chipotle, Mexican, Rick Bayless, spicy, sweet potatoes on June 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Definitely one of my favorites. A pleasure to cook – the aroma of dry roasted (think charred) garlic cloves is intoxicating.
Used white sweet potatoes, for wonderful aroma and flavor.
The original recipe calls for mixing everything together – shredded chicken, sauce and potatoes. I decided to serve potatoes on the side – delicate strands looked too [...]
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