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In Drink Preparation, Drinks Party, Elegant Dinner Party, Elegant Drinks, Elegant Drinks Party, Elegant Entertaining, Elegant Fruit Drink, Elegant Home Bar, Garnishes, Gregory Dal Piaz, Spirit on 23/12/2010 at 9:51 pm
In Drink Preparation, Drinks Party, Elegant Dinner Party, Elegant Drinks, Elegant Drinks Party, Elegant Entertaining, Elegant Fruit Drink, Elegant Home Bar, Garnishes, Gregory Dal Piaz, Spirit on 23/12/2010 at 9:51 pm
In Drink Preparation, Drinks Party, Elegant Dinner Party, Elegant Drinks, Elegant Drinks Party, Elegant Entertaining, Elegant Fruit Drink, Elegant Home Bar, Garnishes, Gregory Dal Piaz, Spirit on 23/12/2010 at 9:51 pm
Elegant Home-Made Tortilla Chips
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Posted at 12:16 PM on November 27, 2009
MAKE YOUR OWN ELEGANT TORTILLA CHIPS
You don’t have to throw out your tortillas if they are past their prime. Make them into tortilla chips, which will be very popular with your family and guests, as they are pleasingly different from those bought in the store.Take a stack of tortillas and dust between the layers with salt, pressing it into them. Then, pushing down hard with a large knife twice at different angles, cut the stack into quarters. Lower a handful at-a-time of uncooked chips into bubbling hot oil. For this light and crispy batch, I used a combination of soy oil, which is now sold as “vegetable oil”, and lard. Peanut or corn oil are also good for deep-frying tortillas. When the chips themselves have developed bubbles and are slightly brown, it’s time to remove them from the pot with a runsible or slotted spoon. Drain them on paper towels, and dust with more salt if desired. The cooking oil may be strained, refrigerated and re-used for French fries, yams or potato chips. My recipe for Elegant Guacamole goes very well with these tortilla chips. So do sour cream or crème fraîche, and a mixture of sliced jalapeños with melted Cheddar cheese, baked on top of the chips for a few minutes in a hot oven.
©M-J de Mesterton 2009
M-J de Mesterton’s Elegant Guacamole Recipe is Available on ElegantCook.net
For green chile powder, which is a good substitute for chopped canned or frozen New Mexico green chiles, go North of the Border.
Elegant Tahini Sauce
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M-J’s Simple Recipe for Elegant Tahini Sauce
Sesame paste mixed with lemon juice, water, salt and the merest hint of garlic powder makes an elegant tahini dip or sauce for mezedes, or pre-prandial appetisers.
Use this elegant and simple tahini sauce as a dip for flat-breads, steamed cauliflower, celery, other fresh vegetables, and fried potatoes. Optionally, you may drizzle olive oil over the tahini.
People find tahini sauce very pleasing in the summer months, and it is economical to make, since the sesame paste expands greatly when mixed with water and lemon juice.
Sesame paste mixed with lemon juice, water, salt and the merest hint of garlic powder makes an elegant tahini dip or sauce for mezedes, or pre-prandial appetisers.
Use this elegant and simple tahini sauce as a dip for flat-breads, steamed cauliflower, celery, other fresh vegetables, and fried potatoes. Optionally, you may drizzle olive oil over the tahini.
People find tahini sauce very pleasing in the summer months, and it is economical to make, since the sesame paste expands greatly when mixed with water and lemon juice.
