Prickly Pear Eggs
Prickly Pear Eggs
1 or 2 fresh nopales
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
4 Tbsp butter or vegetable oil
1/2 cup red chile sauce
8 eggs
Salt & pepper
Trim & clean the cactus pads
Dice each pad, then cover with salted water in a saucepan, & simmer gently until tender
Mesquite Muffins
Mesquite Muffins
Try this recipe without spices once to taste the true peanut-buttery flavor of mesquite flour, but add cinnamon or nutmeg to another batch, if desired
2/3 cup mesquite bean flour
1 1/3 cupd sifted self-rising flour
1 beaten egg
1/4 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup milk
Mix flours
Combine egg, vegetable oil & milk; whip with a fork until frothy
Add liquid mixture to dry flours & stir just until moistened
Fill 12 well-greased muffin cups with batter two-thirds full
Bake for 25 min at 400 deg F
Cool slightly before removing from pan
Coco Loco
Coco Loco
1 large fresh coconut*
1 1/2 ozs light tequila
1 oz light rum
1 oz dark Jamaican rum
1/2 oz Kahlua
3 1/2 ozs coconut water
3 1/2 ozs pineapple juice
6 ozs crushed ice
151-proof rum
1 pineapple slice (for garnish)
1 maraschino cherry (for garnish)
2 lime wedges (for garnish)
With an ice pick, poke out two eyes of the coconut shell & drain out the coconut water (yes, this is correct