A mix of delicious aromas and flavors: it is Mexican cuisine, which you can also offer at home if you go with a few simple dishes, here they are!
There Mexican cuisine it is made of intense aromas and tasty flavors, often strong and spicy. Traditional Hispanic cuisine, based on meat, garlic and onion, is combined with typical foods of pre-Columbian Mexico, including those of the Aztec and Mayan culture, or cobs, tomatoes, avocados, papaya, pineapple, beans, pumpkin, sweet potatoes, peanuts, vanilla, cocoa and chilli. There are also influences Caribbean and even French.
Curiosity: the cuisine of this Central American country is so varied that it has been included by UNESCO World Heritage Site.
If you want to organize a wonderful one Mexican dinner , here are some useful suggestions!
nachos
As an appetizer put on the table i nachos, tasty corn chips, to be served with melted cheese, diced tomatoes and jalapeño. This dish will not only make it very convivial, because it is usually served in a common dish from which the guests can draw, but it is also very practical and quick to make.
Homemade nachos
guacamole
Among the most important preparations of Mexican cuisine there are the sauces! One of the best known is the guacamole, with a brilliant color and delicate taste, which goes well with spicy dishes. It is prepared in 10 minutes, obtaining from the avocado the pulp and adding it to spring onion, diced tomatoes, chopped pepper, coriander and lime juice. Mix the preparation and serve with nachos, tacos or fajitas.
Guacamole: 5 tips for doing it at home
Tortilla, burrito and tacos
The Fajitas they are white flour tortillas filled with pork or chicken cut into small pieces and cooked in a stew with tomato sauce and peppers, accompanied by white rice, sour cream, sauces like beans.
The burrito it is nothing more than a white flour tortilla filled with minced beef, vegetables and legumes and then rolled up. You can then bet on taco, tortilla Mexican corn folded half-moon and always filled with meat and vegetables.
You can propose these dishes even without meat, to make them lighter and suitable for vegetarian friends.
Kilos
Another dish that can not miss for a perfect mexican night and the kilos. Small and tender pieces of meat wrapped in the traditional spicy chili sauce made with ingredients of intense flavors: red beans, tomatoes, peppers, onions, garlic and a mix of spices and aromas expertly mixed. Serve with tortilla!
And sweet both
You can not finish your Mexican evening without a dessert. Enchant your guests with the dulce de leche, the "milk cake". It is a typical spoon dessert typical of Argentina and of all South America in general. You can easily buy it and it is ideal for garnishing ice-cream or biscuits. If you want to try the preparation, here's the quick recipe.
Ingredients
1 l of whole milk
280 g of sugar
1 teaspoon of bicarbonate
Preparation
Pour the milk into a large pot with high sides and bring to a boil. Add also the sugar and bicarbonate, lower the heat and mix well with a whisk (attention to the foam that is created by the addition of bicarbonate); mix for 45 minutes and pay attention to the mixture when it starts to brown. The dulce de leche is ready when strips are created on the bottom of the pot. Once removed from the heat, stir again for 5 minutes.
Dulce de leche, the classic recipe and that fast
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