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Holidays & Entertaining: Goat Cheese Dip

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Ingredients 1 11 oz log of Belle Chevre or similar Goat Cheese 1 TBSP butter ½ TSP baking soda 1 packet of achiote ¼ cup Rotel (optional tomato/green chile mix) Also Enjoy: Entertaining: Sylvia’s Mexican Ponche Instructions Stir…
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Do-It-Ahead Chicken Chiles Rellenos

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If you like to get as much food pre-done as possible before your guests arrive, this is the perfect recipe for you. You can make these chiles rellenos the day before and store them on a sheet tray lightly covered with plastic wrap.  When…
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Sizzling Sexy Apps! Tamarind-Madeira Glazed Chicken Drumsticks

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These drumsticks are perfect for a romantic movie night with someone special or just a casual evening with friends when you want something fun and finger-licking good, but that still has a sophisticated flavor profile that will impress your…

Chicken Flautas with Raw Tomatillo & Avocado Salsa Xe

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CHICKEN FLAUTAS WITH RAW TOMATILLO & AVOCADO SALSA XE Makes: 12 flautas Ingredients 1 clove garlic, peeled 3 Roma tomatoes, quartered ½ white onion 12 poached chicken breasts, shredded 12 white corn large tortillas * Wood toothpicks…
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Rosa Mexicano's Guacamole Delight

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Unlike any guacamole you may have had before, the signature version from New York’s famed Rosa Mexicano restaurants is made in a molcajete, which is a traditional Mexican lava stone bowl used for grinding and mixing. You can also use…
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Ivy Stark's Lamb Barbacoa Recipe

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Chef Ivy Stark suggests cooking a lamb shoulder low and slow for something different. Lamb barbacoa is traditionally cooked in a pit, but with this oven, the meat becomes succulent and full of flavor. Serve with warm corn tortillas and a spicy…
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Seven Layer Dip: Tex-Mex Mountain

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I first experienced this seven layer dip some twenty-five years ago when my friend Gina Meadows brought it to a Mexican-themed Christmas Eve party in Arkansas. It’s a festive, almost geological concoction, fantastic then and…
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Roasted Tomato-Poblano Salsa with Fresh Thyme

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Though this salsa is a close cousin of the Roasted Jalapeno-Poblano- Tomato  Salsa, its flavors are more mellow (more roasted chiles but ones a richer, less bitey flavor), and its consistency is saucier (you'll notice the addition of…

Three Empanadas: 1 Dough, 3 Fillings, Endless Possibilities

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Empanadas are like meatballs: everyone’s got their recipe. Master the dough (or pick a perfect store-bought substitute) and your imagination is the only limit to the possibilities. Served hot, warm, room temperature or cold, empanadas…