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Tag Archives: cilantro

ripe tomatillos in a basket

Tomatillos (& the Best Salsa Verde in the World!)

August 4, 2016by Albatz Travel Adventures 5 Comments

Tomatillos, known as tomates in México, are one of the primary ingredients in salsa verde. I love this salsa on simple quesadillas, the Mexican version of a grilled cheese sandwich. Enchiladas […]

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Ingredients, Mexican Food
salsa cruda in a mocaljete

Salsa Cruda

May 11, 2016by Albatz Travel Adventures 4 Comments

Salsa cruda is red, white and green, just like a Mexican flag.  In a molcajete grind three serrano chiles (minus seeds) two cloves of garlic a pinch of orégano, salt and pepper […]

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Mexican Food
Oysters with Cilantro Pesto

Cilantro Pesto on Oysters with a Wedge of Lemon

July 15, 2015by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

This Mexican-influenced pesto is particularly delicious on baked oysters and bbq salmon as well as pasta. If you have a ton of left-over cilantro from some dish, here is what […]

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Eat Drink Travel
Cambodia coconut curry with tofu

World Spices Cooking Class 1: a Cambodian Appetizer

May 12, 2013by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

My first ‘World Spices’ cooking class started with ‘Tofu in Curried Coconut Milk’ from Cambodia. I was in Cambodia for a couple of weeks in 2007, but looking through my journal […]

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Cambodia, Eat Drink Travel
Chiles Capones from my 'Cooking of Central Mexico' class

Chiles Capones, an Appetizer from the Central Region of Mexico

February 3, 2013by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

Chiles capones served on a creamy tomato salsa and drizzled with cream. I have never had anything quite like them before, and they were my favourite dish of this Mexican […]

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Eat Drink Travel, Mexican Food
Shrimp Cocktail Acapulco

Coctel de camarones ‘Acapulco’ – Shrimp cocktail Acapulco-style

December 11, 2012by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

Coctel de camarones ‘Acapulco’  was the fave dish from my class on the cooking of Oaxaca/Guerrero regions of Mexico. I could just imagine eating this while lounging under a palapa […]

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Eat Drink Travel, Mexican Food

Mexican cooking from the Yucatán

December 10, 2012by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

Our first class on Mexican cooking focused on the Mayan cuisine of the Yucatán Peninsula. The key ingredients of this region are corn, habanero chiles and tomatoes (gifts from Mexico […]

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Eat Drink Travel, Mexican Food
tortilla soup in Guadalajara

Eat like an Aztec: Tortilla Soup Recipe

October 12, 2012by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

Tortilla soup / (Sopa azteca) This soup contains many ingredients that were a gift from Mexico to the world: tomatoes, chiles, avocado and corn in the form of tortillas. The recipe […]

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Mexican Food

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