So the blog has been admittedly poorly updated as of late. We faced a series of hurdles over the early part of the summer which prevented us from posting too much. But now, we have more than zero functioning laptops between the two of us again and are ready to get back at it.
We made enchiladas at our last dinner party and wanted to do something a bit different. We decided we could both control the flavor better and be a bit more impressive if we made our own salsa. We’d never made salsa verde before but had recently become big fans at our usual rotations of taco carts, lunch stops, and the like. We were a bit concerned getting started about finding tomatillos. A first call to Whole Foods revealed that they usually had them but the staff had just used all of them to make salsa verde. Great. However, a few days later when we needed them, a new shipment had arrived and we moved on. All in, this was extremely easy to make and really fantastic. Having control of which peppers you use, onion to tomatillo ratio etc… really allows you to perfect the taste. The roasted flavor was fantastic and we’ll surely make it again.
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dpetc Mexican, Recipes
It is safe to say that Mexican food is one our passions. We’ve already posted two recipes for Mexican-inspired dishes: the Caramelized Onion and Chicken Enchiladas and the Mexican Beef Pizza. It is fitting, therefore, that our first restaurant review post is for a Mexican place. Expect many more restaurant reviews in the future – but for now, Tacos Matamoros.
We have been searching for some good, cheap Mexican food since we moved to New York. Most places we tried fell into one (or two) of two categories: foolishly trendy for Mexican food (Dos Caminos), or promising yet unforgivingly bland (Cabrito). At our ideal Mexican place, which we thought existed only in our dreams (or the state of Texas) you could sit down in front a massive, almost diner-like menu and rattle off a bunch of appetizers and tacos and relax and stuff yourself for a few hours. While not a perfect place, Tacos Matmoros in Sunset Park, Brooklyn is the closest to this perfect vision that we have found in New York.
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This past Sunday we set out to make some pretty standard chicken and onion enchiladas. However, when we got to the grocery store, the only good onions we found were big sweet Vidalia onions. At first we were somewhat dispirited, but we then decided to make some caramelized onions to add a layer of flavor to the enchiladas. This worked very well – the bottom layer of caramelized onions added some burnt sweetness underneath the spicy chicken mixture. You can vary the amount of Serrano peppers and other spices according to your taste.
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dpetc Mexican, Recipes
This Friday, we decided to make a bunch of pizzas. One of our standby pizzas these days is a Mexican Beef Pizza, inspired by the flavor of tacos and enchiladas. The ingredients are:
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