I already love Mexican food so I had to have a good look around the internet for something I haven't tried from Mexico. I decided on Huaraches because street food is always a great choice and these seem so versatile. I picked two different recipes to try as the choice of toppings is so diverse.
Ingredients:
Start off by mixing the corn flour, salt, oil and warm water in a bowl.
Mix it until everything is well combined and starting to clump together.
At this point the recipe calls for a tortilla press but I don't have one. After looking around the kitchen for something suitable I used a casserole dish with clingfilm on it's base to flatten the dough into a circle shape. The mixture was really hard to keep together though and kept cracking. Also when I tried to transfer it to the pan it broke up several times so I had to start again -.- I eventually got them how I wanted and put them one at a time into a hot frying pan with a bit of spray oil.
Fry on each side for a minute or so until cooked through.
Now start chopping up and opening the cans of the various toppings so you can begin assembling the huaraches. Make sure the onion and radish are quite thinly sliced. Brown off the chorizo in a lightly oiled pan. Here is my helpful assistant cutting up the chorizo.
I started with the refried beans one first and spread the beans over two of the four bases.
Then I added the tomato paste and onions.
Next, the chorizo and avocado.
Then finish them off with goats cheese and dollops of salsa. They look really good!
The black beans need slightly mashing in a bowl before you can spread them on the bases.
Add the radishes and chorizo.
Then the sliced tomato, salsa and parmesan.
I served ours with some tortilla chips.
I'm not sure what I think of this food. I really enjoyed some of the elements of the dish. The chorizo, salsa and goats cheese all worked well together. The tomato and parmesan also combined well. The corn flour base was very filling and made the whole thing too heavy. The radishes didn't really add to the overall taste. I think I'd try them again but with less toppings that maybe went better together than these ingredients did. A bit disappointing really!
Ingredients:
- 2 cups corn flour
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tbls oil
- 1 and 1/4 cup of warm water
- chorizo
- black beans
- salsa
- parmesan
- radishes
- tomato puree
- refried beans
- red onion
- goats cheese
- avocado
Start off by mixing the corn flour, salt, oil and warm water in a bowl.
Mix it until everything is well combined and starting to clump together.
At this point the recipe calls for a tortilla press but I don't have one. After looking around the kitchen for something suitable I used a casserole dish with clingfilm on it's base to flatten the dough into a circle shape. The mixture was really hard to keep together though and kept cracking. Also when I tried to transfer it to the pan it broke up several times so I had to start again -.- I eventually got them how I wanted and put them one at a time into a hot frying pan with a bit of spray oil.
Fry on each side for a minute or so until cooked through.
Now start chopping up and opening the cans of the various toppings so you can begin assembling the huaraches. Make sure the onion and radish are quite thinly sliced. Brown off the chorizo in a lightly oiled pan. Here is my helpful assistant cutting up the chorizo.
I started with the refried beans one first and spread the beans over two of the four bases.
Then I added the tomato paste and onions.
Next, the chorizo and avocado.
Then finish them off with goats cheese and dollops of salsa. They look really good!
The black beans need slightly mashing in a bowl before you can spread them on the bases.
Add the radishes and chorizo.
Then the sliced tomato, salsa and parmesan.
I served ours with some tortilla chips.
I'm not sure what I think of this food. I really enjoyed some of the elements of the dish. The chorizo, salsa and goats cheese all worked well together. The tomato and parmesan also combined well. The corn flour base was very filling and made the whole thing too heavy. The radishes didn't really add to the overall taste. I think I'd try them again but with less toppings that maybe went better together than these ingredients did. A bit disappointing really!
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