Jasmine really loved the chocolate glaze. The Challenge: Chocolate Eclairs from Pierre Hermé’s book, Chocolate Desserts by Pierre Hermé. The Hosts: Tony Tahan and Meetak Many, many thanks to our wonderful hosts this month. What a wonderful recipe they chose and how supportive and marvelous they were. (Insert applause here). Hurry up Autumn, I’m getting [...]
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Okay, okay so Federico Garcia Lorca probably didn’t even know what the heck chile verde was but I love his poem Romance Sonambulo and love that line, “verde te quiero verde” so much that it just had to be part of my Chile Verde recipe. You come to Doña Lupe’s, you’re gonna get some poetry [...]
Continue reading about The Tamalada: Part 7 – Verde te Quiero Verde, Garcia Lorca & Chile Verde
One of the key ingredients in tamale-making is a good red sauce for either pork or beef tamales. It takes a bit of work making it from scratch, but it’s well worth it. I’ve seen people just add a can (shudders) of Las Palmas Red Chile sauce and I guess that works. I mean it [...]
Continue reading about The Tamalada: Part 5 – Seeing Red (sauce, that is)
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