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Index
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Introduction
The basics
Chapter 1 Salsas, sauces & relishes
Fresh tomato salsa
Searingly hot salsa
Sweetcorn & black bean salsa
A simple roast chilli salsa
A blow-your-head-off salsa
Roast tomato sauce
Tangy olive & caper tomato sauce
Smoky tomato sauce
Diana’s delicious meat marinade
Pink pickled onions
Chopped chilli relish
Chipotles en adobo
My addictive sweet chipotle paste
Chipotle mayonnaise
Chipotle ketchup
An easy-peasy peanut mole
Mole Poblano
Chapter 2 Nibbles & side dishes
A classic guacamole
Pork scratchings
Mini avocado tostadas
Spicy nuts
Smoky, grilled corn cob
Cheese & chilli bites
Mexican crudités
Prawn coctel
Pickled vegetables
Aguachile
Coconut ceviche
Cooking black beans
Frijoles refritos (refried beans)
Red rice
Green rice
Chapter 3 Soups
Chilled avocado soup
Minty courgette soup
Corn & green chilli soup
Black bean sopa Azteca
Sweet & spicy squash & chickpea soup
Tortilla soup
Sopa de lima
Herby mushroom soup
Chapter 4 Salads
A few easy and delicious salad dressings
Caribbean chilli-citrus dressing
Sesame & balsamic dressing
Chipotle vinaigrette
Green chilli vinaigrette
Citrusy chickpea salad
Fresh courgette & tomato salad
A delicious chicken & avocado salad
Mexico City’s oriental ceviche
Smoky asparagus
The original Caesar salad
Warm corn salad with a touch of spice
Fiery prawn & mango salad
Hot chorizo salad with butternut squash & baby tomatoes
Pan-fried mackerel with a sweet-sour salad
Sweet & spicy pecan nut & goat’s cheese salad
Chapter 5 Street food
How to make tortillas
A taco for all seasons
Spring tacos with mushrooms
Summer tacos with courgette & corn
Autumn tacos with onion squash & chorizo
Winter tacos with creamy greens
How to eat a taco
Spicy bird tacos
Totopos (tortilla chips)
A winning watermelon and tostada salad
Smoked mackerel tostadas
The tastiest black bean tostadas
Steak burritos
How to fold burritos
Swiss chard tamales
Chapter 6 Cheesy things
Queso fundido
Herby ricotta dip
Chorizo, potato & thyme quesadillas
Classic mushroom quesadillas
Deep-fried black bean quesadillas
Cheese & courgette filo parcels
Ham & cheese empanadas
Tlayudas (Oaxacan pizzas)
Simply delicious ricotta-stuffed courgette flowers
Smoky stuffed peppers
Chapter 7 Slow-cooked main courses
Poaching and braising, Mexican style
To poach a chicken
Braising meat
Chicken & chorizo in an almond mole
Meatballs de Mehico!
An easy, speedy chile con carne
Barbacoa
Tamarind & chilli-infused belly of pork
Red snapper with tomatoes & pineapple
Rainbow trout baked with chilli cream
One-pot bacon, beans & pumpkin
Picadillo (Mexican chile)
Chapter 8 From the grill
Rib-eye steak with chilli mushrooms
Torta (the Mexican club sandwich)
Grilled lamb chops with chilli jam
Spicy spatchcock salad
Chicken adobado (marinated chicken)
Barbecued monkfish with a blow-your-head-off salsa
A picnicky sardine escabeche
Chilli prawns
Veracruzan grilled sea bass
Griddled langoustines with coriander & pumpkin seed mole
Chapter 9 Soul food
A fast and delicious black pudding polenta
Grilled polenta with mushrooms & greens
The great Mexican breakfast
Mexican scrambled eggs with chorizo
Chicken & corn humble pie
Chilaquiles (the real Mexican nachos)
Fideus seco (spicy crab noodles)
Griddled corn cakes
Courgette flower omelette with ricotta & tarragon
Spinach & ricotta enchiladas
Mussels linguine with smoky chipotle cream
Chapter 10 Puddings
Chilli chocolate truffles
Mexican chocolate sorbet
Vanilla cheesecake with pineapple caramel
Mexican flan with tequila syrup
Salted caramel & nut pancakes
Mango & strawberry salad
Old-fashioned vanilla ice
Poached plums in rose syrup
Chilled Mexican rice pudding
Raspberry & tequila nieve
Layered passion fruit & flower jellies
Fried bananas with a cinnamon sprinkle
Mexican sponge cake with strawberry jam
Churros y chocolate
Chapter 11 Drinks
Green Goddess fruit juice
Mango, papaya & lime sunshine juice
Jugo de vampiro (vampire juice)
Tamarind agua fresca
Hibiscus agua fresca
Cucumber agua fresca
Horchata
How to make the perfect margarita
Classic margarita
Tamarind margarita
Passion fruit margarita
Sangrita
Mexican hot chocolate
Suppliers
Index
Acknowledgements
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