Mexican

Synopsis

What can You cook for a woman, who loves tomatoes and cucumbers, (and other vegetarian....). ...Well hot Mexican could be HOT enought for exhance....

1. Salsa

Red salsa is easy in Finland, because You can not really use fresh tomatoes. All the shops are selling only garden house products and they are tasteless... (grrr....). So I use canned tomatoes. Do the following: Heat some good olive oil in large and deep pot, add some cut onions (the more you add, the better will be the final salsa). When onions are frying, you can add dried spices (you will get richer flawour by adding dried spices already now). I used cumin, plack pepper, basilic (not very mexican), tarragon, chili and some slices of habanero (let´s talk habaneros later...). I also added sugar. Now cook this as long as it has a thicness of your flavour. This will be the base salsa and with additional seasoning you will get different types of this basic mecican side-dish. (You can use this for pizza too...). From the base, I made two red salsas: Garlic and "hot". I minched a lot of garlic and added all to the base salsa (nabours will love us in the morning...). "Hot" salsa I made adding minched habanero. From our taste it was very hot, but I know some of You like to add more.... Guinnes record of raw habaneros is 8 (straight to the mouth...).

2. Guacamole

Take seeds and "wet-part" away. Note Garlic and lime, we´ll use them later

Cut nice, small pieces (do not cut your fingers)

Do the same with onion

..and with avocado

Avocado is soft inside and stick in to your knive all the time. If it gets too sticy, wash the knive with cold water time to time.

Now we use our exellent "food prosessor". Do not mix too much, since avocado can easily turn gray in color, when exposed to air. So mix everything: One tomato, one avocado, one garlic nail, juice of one lime and some salt and pepper. This will be much better, than those, you can buy in cans...

2. Tortilla

I always start Mexican dinner with tortillas. I use red salsa and, this time blue cheese to make a "tortilla sandwich on frying pan.

Do not use oil, but vinegar on hot pan. This time "balsamic- .. etc" are not strong enough. Buy plain vinegar with atleast 10% of acid. Keep your breath, when vinegar boils (...you will understand why...)

Starter is served. Note Tequila with lime and salt, and 3 salsas.

3. Meat

I had one great tenderloin (too much for 2), garlic, onions, yellow pepper and habanero.

Now MAKE SURE, that your pan is HOT. (I mean real hot, otherwise forget this story). Do not use olive oils, since it will flame in this heat. I flavor the oil with garlic (And You´ll see later that you do not even have to throw the used garlic away).

add sliced pepper

add sliced onions and also add some sugar on top of the onions

At last add the sliced tenderloin with minched habanero, some pepper and salt. Now stay awake, this will only need seconds. Turn the meat immediately, after you see muskle-juice rising to the surface. And when the juice is visible again in the other side, your dish ius ready. Put it away from hot plate now. If you do not, continue drinking straight shots with Tequila and forget dinner...

Tenderlon Mexican style, hot tortilla and Kidney beans (see the garlic. pressed out from the one used to flavour the frying oil.

4. The dessert

This was hot, so the dessert comes from french style cooking.

Cook pealed pearls in Chardonnay

Pearls with blue cheese and honey