Cafe Mejicano (Mexican Coffee)
Cafe Mejicano (Mexican Coffee)
Posted by swm56 at recipegoldmine
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1 cup hot coffee
1 oz coffee liqueur
1/2 oz br&y
1 tsp honey
Dash of cloves
Whipped cream
Use an oversized coffee mug
Combine all ingredients in the order given
Top with whipped cream
One serving
Tostadas
Tostadas
Vegetable oil
8 corn tortillas
Favorite ground meat filling, warmed
Shredded lettuce
2 avocados, coarsely chopped
2 tomatoes, coarsely chopped
1 cup Cheddar cheese, grated
Hot sauce
Heat about 1 inch of vegetable oil in a skillet until it is very hot but not smoking
Fry the tortillas in the oil until crisp, keeping them as flat as possible
Spoon some of the filling onto each tortilla, & spread it so that it covers the entire tortilla
Garnish with lettuce, avocados, tomatoes & cheese
Variation
Replace ground meat filling with frijoles refritos, spread over the entire tortilla, then proceed with the garnishes
Pork Burritos (Burritos De Carnitas)
Pork Burritos (Burritos de Carnitas)
2 cups refried beans
1 (2 1/2 lb) boneless fresh pork butt roast
1 cup chopped white onion
1 carrot, sliced
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp dried epazote
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp cori&er seeds, lightly crushed
Water
Fresh tomato salsa
12 (8-inch) flour tortillas
2 medium firm, ripe avocados, pared, pitted & diced
Scallions
Place pork, onion, sliced carrot, garlic, salt, epazote, cumin & cori&er seeds in large Dutch oven
Add just enough water to cover pork
Heat over high heat to boiling; reduce heat to low
Simmer, covered, until pork is tender, 2 to 2 1/2 hrs
Preheat oven to 350 deg F
Remove pork from cooking liquid; strain & reserve 2 cup of the liquid
Place pork on rack in roasting pan
Roast, turning once, until well-browned, 40 to 45 min
Trim & discard outer fat from pork
Using 2 forks, pull pork into coarse shreds
Combine pork & reserved cooking liquid in medium skillet
Cook & stir over medium heat until pork is evenly moistened & hot, 3 to 5 min
If not freshly made, soften & warm tortillas
Reheat beans, if necessary
For each burrito, place 1/12 of the beans crosswise in a row on lower half of 1 tortilla; spread out slightly
Top with 1/12 each pork, tomato salsa, avocado & cheese, in that order
Fold right edge of tortilla over filling; fold bottom edge over filling & loosely roll up, leaving left end of burrito open
Place 2 burritos on each serving plate
Garnish with carrot sticks & scallions; serve immediately