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Hot & Smokey Shrimp Tacos |
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Filling:
3 tbl Olive Oil
1 tbl butter
8 cloves of garlic
1 1/2 lbs shrimp (26 to 30) peeled & devined
1 1/2 tsp coarse salt
1/4 C pureed chipoltle chiles in adobo sauce
1/2 C roasted tomatoes puree
Juice 1/2 orange
Juice 1 lime
Tacos:
Pre-heat a heavy skillet, add olive oil & butter, until the oil begins to smoke, immediately add shrimp & salt, tossing vigorously. When shrimp turns opaque, add chipotle puree, saute 15 seconds, add tomato, water, and orange & lime jucices. Reduce heat & bring to a boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat, add cilantro.
Serve in fresh corn tortillas.
More receipes like these can be viewed a:
Santa Fe Cooking school : Salsas and Tacos cook book
Visit my good freind Ada's restaraunt:
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Video highligts:
Check out this great Mexican cooking demo by, Julianna Gutierrez
Cooking Classes!
Comida para el Corazon y el Alma (Food for the Heart &
Soul)
For more Info:
Cooking Class Link
Friday, September 25th and Saturday, September 26th
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Mayfair Community Center
2039 Kammerer Ave., San José, CA 95116
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La Fina Cocina- New Products at the "Mercado"
Childrens Mexican Cookbook
This cute Mexican cookbook introduces ninos ages 3 to 12 to delicious and healthy Mexican recipes. Recipes like Farmer's Market Chips & Salsa. All the utensils and ingredients are translated into Spanish so you can speak the language of Mexico as you cook.
Mexican Spices
Ever thought of making your own chorizo or the perfect Chile con Carne, not to mention the perfect Caldo?
Check out the new spices:
Chorizo, Menudo, Carne con chile, Fajita & Caldo.
Only $3 each,
Mexican Spiced Cocoa
Enjoy this savory traditional drink . Just add water to create a rico chocolate experience that you can serve hot, iced or frozen. (free samples, read more below)
New Coffee flavors:
You will not be disappointed with the great flavors:
- Cafe de Olla
- Mexican Chocolate
- Dulce de leche
Coffee link
Search for these great products within the "Mexican Coffee and Cocoa collection"
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Tortillas
Tortillas plays a fundamental role in Mexican food. It not only finds a central place in every meal, but it also defines dishes like quesadillas, tacos, enchiladas, many other dishes Mexicans call antojitos.
Just as connoisseurs of great pasta or bread insist on an artisanal product, Mexicans seek out the best tortillas. In Oaxaca there are three different sizes, ranging from small white blonditas to giant, wafer-thin tlayudas. The finest of these are tortillas a "mano", handmade tortillas. Tortillas in Mexico almost always mean corn tortillas vs. North America, flour tortilla are more popular. My mother was an expert flour tortilla maker, I think back how she would barter with our American neighbors for freshed baked goods. Of course that was before quality store bought tortillas were avaialbe.
Making your own corn tortillas at home is easy, if you shop at Mexican market, and buy fresh masa para tortillas and pressing it out between two sheets of waxed paper with a small rolling pin or a hand tortilla press. The tortillas are then cooked dry on a hot "comal" or frying pan until they brown on both sides and puff slightly.
But if making your own tortillas is not in the picture, don't despair. Commercial corn tortillas can be very good. Look for the whitest ones (which indicate less lime used in processing the corn and, hence, a more delicate flavor), and make sure that they are fresh.
My fondest memories, is my grandmother making "gorditas", a thick corn torilla cooked over the comal, stuffed with eggs or butter. ~Que sabroso~
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Events! Come by, and say hola. |
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La Fina Cocina will be attending the following events:
I will have a majority of the products available for sale.
Sept 12. Los Viejitos Car Show (Kelly Park)
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Mi cocina, es su cocina,
Rosa
La Fina Cocina |
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