Showing posts with label Jorge Amodio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jorge Amodio. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Matambre Gringo Style (a lo Gringo digamos)

Matambre is one of the traditional Argentinean beef dishes, some say the name comes from the contraction and combination of two words "Mata" (Kill) and "Hambre" (Hunger), anyway it is just a particular cut of meat that we can cook in different ways and styles. The most common recipe is for a stuffed rolled matambre.


El Matambre es uno de los platos tradicionales de carne en Argentina, algunos dicen que el nombre proviene de la contracción y combinación de las palabras "Mata" y "Hambre", de todos modos es simplemente un corte de carne que podemos cocinar de distintas formas y estilos. La receta más común es la del matambre relleno arrollado.

Source: (C) National Live Stock and Meat Board

The cut is from the bottom area and attached to the lower section of the ribs, it is slightly different in the United States where a similar cut is called "Flank Steak". Some people confuse this cut with the "Skirt Steak" or as they call it in Mexico "Fajitas". No, "Flank Steak" and "Skirt Steak" are not the same cut but they are from the same area.


Source: Instituto de Promoción de la
Carne Vacuna Argentina

El corte es de la parte inferior que se encuentra adherida a la sección baja del costillar, es ligeramente diferente en Estados Unidos donde a un corte similar se lo llama "Flank Steak." Algunas personas confunden este corte con el "Skirt Steak" que en México son las "Fajitas", estos son cortes distintos pero se obtienen de la misma área.



There are different ways to prepare the stuffed rolled flank steak, I'll share with you one of the ways we do it at home.

Existen diferentes formas de preparar el flank steak relleno y arrollado, voy a compartir con ustedes una de las formas en la que lo preparamos en casa.

Cut the flank steak in butterfly style.

Cortar el flank steak en estilo mariposa.







Tenderize a little bit with an appropriate mallet.

Tiernizar ligeramente con un martillo apropiado.

Spread fresh chopped garlic and italian parsley, and season with a little bit of salt, black and red pepper.

Untar con ajo y perejil frescos picados, sazonar con un poco de sal, pimienta negra y roja.




Make a layer with some bacon strips and grated cheeses. Some people use gelatin powder instead of cheese, I prefer cheese.

Hacer una capa con unas tiras de tocino y queso rallado. Algunas personas utilizan polvo de gelatina en lugar de queso, yo prefiero el queso.


Now make a layer with plenty of fresh spinach, carrots and hard boiled eggs cut in half. Add more seasoning.

Ahora hacer una capa con un bastantes hojas de espinacas frescas, zanahorias y huevos duros cortados por la mitad. Agregar más condimentos a gusto.


Roll the matambre and close (not too tight) with cooking twine.

Enrolle el matambre y cerrar (no muy fuerte) con hilo para cocinar.






When finished it has to look more or less like this picture. I normally let it rest for few hours or overnight in the refrigerator wrapped with plastic foil.

Cuando haya terminado se tiene que ver más o menos como esta imagen. Yo normalmente lo dejo reposar en el refrigerador durante unas horas o toda la noche envuelto en plástico.


To cook first seal on hot iron pan with olive oil, onions and peppers, from there take to the oven (400 °F) to finish cooking on a recipient filled with beer until internal temperature reaches over 165 °F , keep it moist, add more beer
if needed.





Para cocinar, primerero se sella en una sartén de hierro caliente con aceite de oliva, cebollas y pimientos, luego se pasa a un recipiente con cerveza para terminar de cocinar en el horno  (200 °C)  hasta que la temperatura interior llegue  a más de 74  °C . Evitar que se seque agregando más cerveza si es necesario.






This is a very traditional dish in Argentina for the holidays and we often serve it as a cold meat with a potatoes and veggies salad that we call "Ensalada Rusa", you can also cut it in thin slices and use for sandwiches or just finish to cook it on a grill.

Este es un plato muy tradicional en la Argentina para las fiestas, que a menudo servimos como plato frío acompañado de una ensalada de papas con verduras que llamamos "Ensalada Rusa", también se puede rebanar en rodajas finas y usar como fiambre para sandwiches, o terminar de cocinar a la parrilla.



Buen Provecho
Jorge




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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Plate of the day: Polenta with meat sauce and french green beans

I confess, we are carnivores at home, but meat doesn't need to be always the primary ingredient on a meal. Once in a while on Saturday mornings we visit the Farmers Market at the Pearl Brewery, besides getting fresh veggies (we love fresh mushrooms), we always look for grass fed beef, not cheap but worth the money.


Last time I purchased some skirt steak, NY strip and a cut for beef stew. This last cut was not more than a pound, but good enough for a good meat sauce. So today we put together some polenta with a hearty home made meat sauce, and following a good diet guided by my beloved wife as a side we included some sauté French green beans.

Stuff I used today, well lets say ingredients:


  • 1lbs of beef stew cut in small cubes
  • 1/2 chopped white onion
  • 2 chopped romano tomatoes
  • 2 packs (18oz) of traditional Italian pre-cooked polenta
  • 2 cans (8oz) tomato sauce not salted
  • 2 or 3 cloves of garlic (chopped very small)
  • 1lbs of French green beans
  • Grated cheese a piacere (please not yellow cheese)

Lets start with the easy part. Since we are going to sauté the green beans, first on a medium sauce pan put water to boil, and also get ready a bowl or other recipient with ice cold water. We are going to clear the green beans, as soon as the water is boiling, drop the green beans on the pan and leave them for few minutes, we don't want to cook them all way through, then take out the green beans and put them in the cold water to stop the cooking and then on a strainer to remove the water.

In parallel, put olive oil in a skillet or frying pan and also on a sauce pan. When the oil is hot put the meat on the skillet and the chopped onions on the sauce pan. We are going to just seal and brown the meat on the skillet, it will finish to cook in the sauce. When the onions start to get tender drop the chopped tomatoes, make sure they start to cook evenly with the help of a wooden spoon, and after few minutes pour the contents of the tomato sauce cans on the pan.

Season the meat with some salt and pepper (we regularly use coarse kosher salt), also season the sauce with salt, pepper, and other species you like, I used some paprika, a little bit of crushed laurel leaves and a tiny bit of sage.
When the meat is all brown transfer the meat and all the juices to the sauce pan, if the sauce looks too dense you can add some beef broth or plain water, let it simmer with a gentle fire.

Preheat the oven to 475F and cut the polenta in slices of about 1/3".

When the sauce is ready (about 20-25 minutes) start scooping some sauce out of the pan (leave the meat in there) and arrange the polenta in layers with the sauce and cheese. Today I used an Italian blend of cheeses with mozzarella, asiago, romano and parmessan, and some monterrey jack. When you are done layering the polenta slices top with more cheese and put in the oven for few minutes to create a gratin with cheese.

While you are waiting for the cheese to melt, heat some olive oil in a sauté pan, put the chopped garlic on the pan, stir with a wooden spoon and for two minutes let the oil absorb the flavor from the garlic, then drop the green beans on the pan and sauté them. Pay attention and make sure you are not burning the garlic.


When the cheese is fully melted take the polenta out of the oven and top with the rest of the sauce and the meat. And we are ready to serve !!

Bon appetit 

Monday, January 30, 2012

Lorena's Corn Muffins

I love eating corn, it is a big part of my culture and these delicious muffins are one of the favorite treats in my home.
My recipe has ham in the ingredients but you can omit the ham if you do not eat meat. 


Lorena's Corn Muffins


INGREDIENTS:


1        Cup of Cornmeal
1        Cup of All-purpose flour
2        tsp. Baking powder
1/4     tsp. Baking soda
1/2     tsp. Red pepper flakes
1/2     tsp. Salt (or to taste)
1 1/2  Cups of Buttermilk
1        Egg
4        tbs. Butter (melted)
1        Can(11oz) Mexicorn (Green Giant)
1/2     Onion (chopped)
5        Slices of Ham (chopped)
1 1/2  Cup of Mozzarella Cheese (shredded) 




Mixed all the ingredients with a wooded spoon and put your oven at 400F. Greased the muffin molds and add the mixture into each of the muffin molds.
Bake for 20 minutes or until the muffins have a golden color.
Let the muffins in the muffins pan for almost 5 minutes before you take them out.


Enjoy !!!


Love,
Lorena Angulo



Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Chicken Tostadas (My Style)

Hola my friends !!! Here I am again sharing a very easy and delicious recipe I always make to my kids. They love to eat them and they are YUMMY !


                                       CHICKEN TOSTADAS


Ingredients 
Shredded Chicken
Refried beans
Mixed veggies (cooked)
Tostadas
Salsa (optional)
Cream (Mexican or Sour) 

1- Spread some beans in the tostada
2- Add some shredded chicken
3- Mixed cooked veggies
4- Cream and Salsa

To make the salsa it is also very simple, I just boiled tomatoes( I mixed some red and tomatillos this time) and serranos (as many as you want.)
When my serranos and tomatoes are boiled and use my blender to mix them together. In the blender I add salt, pepper, lime juice and some olive oil.

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Provecho !!! ♥

Love,
Lorena

Friday, January 13, 2012

Lorena's Green Salsa Chicken Tamales

This is a recipe I have been making for a long time and my family always ask me to make them, my son Christian is a big fan of my tamales. ;o)
I am happy to share my recipe with all of you.


Tamales are made from masa dough filled with meat and vegetables or fruit and wrapped in a corn husk or banana leaves and steamed.



Ingredients :

Lorena's Green Salsa Chicken Tamales

8 cups of Maseca corn masa mix.
8 cups of chicken broth mixed green salsa.
1 1/2 cup of CRISCO vegetable shortening.
2 bottles of green salsa.
2 Tsp. Baking powder.
1 Bag of corn husks.
10 to 15 Chicken legs or 1 1/2 Rotisserie chicken.
1 Jar of pimiento stuffed olives.
1 cup of raisins.
Olive oil.
Salt.


Soak the corn husks in warm water until soft
If you choose to boil in water the chicken legs, take the legs out of the broth and save the liquid to use in the corn masa mixture.
In a mixing bowl, blend the Maseca corn masa mix, crisco vegetable shortening, warm chicken broth with green salsa, baking powder and salt to taste.
You will obtain a consistent mixture and the corn masa will be soft.
In a pot with some olive oil add the shredded chicken, a bottle of green salsa, olives and raising.
Add some chicken broth and salt if needed. 



Spread the masa evenly over the corn husk, after that you have to add some of the chicken mixed with olives and raisins on top of the masa.
Fold the sides of the corn husk to center over the masa so that they overlap to make a package(tamale.) Fold the empty part of the husk under so that it rest against the side of the tamale with a seam.

Place the tamales in a steamer and cook them for about 35 to 40 minutes. The tamales will be cooked when they separate easily from the corn husk.


Enjoy !!!! ;-)
Love,
Lorena 

Bienvenidos Welcome


Bienvenidos a Sabor a Tequila y Tango

Since we met for the first time, among other things, we found we had something else in common, our passion for cooking and to share our flavors with family and friends. Time to time we post food pictures on Facebook, Google+ and other Social Media sites, we really appreciate the nice comments but often they are accompanied by a request for the recipe or more information about a particular dish.

Desde que nos conocimos por primera vez, entre otras cosas, encontramos que teníamos algo más en común, nuestra pasión por la cocina y el compartir nuestros sabores con familiares y amigos. De vez en cuando publicamos fotos de comida en Facebook, Google+, y otros sitios de Social Media, realmente agradecemos los comentarios, pero a menudo vienen acompañados del pedido de la receta o más información sobre un plato en particular.

We both love to share and to learn through the process of exchanging ideas and experiences, so we decided to open this new corner on cyberspace where we will be posting recipes for many of the dishes we prepare at home, contributions from other family members and friends, restaurant and eateries reviews, books reviews, interviews and experiences, and the combined flavors of Mexico and Argentina.

A ambos nos gusta compartir y aprender a través del proceso de intercambiar ideas y experiencias, así que decidimos abrir este nuevo rincón en el ciberespacio donde vamos a publicar las recetas de los platos que preparamos en casa, contribuciones de familiares y amigos, reseñas de restaurantes y lugares para comer, críticas de libros, entrevistas y experiencias, y los sabores combinados de México y Argentina.

Thanks for your visit, hope you enjoy the blog.

Gracias por su visita y esperamos que les guste el blog.

Buen provecho !!
Lorena y Jorge


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