La Piña en la Cocina

Embracing my Mexican heritage and sharing all the wonderful flavors, colors and foods I grew up with. Join me on this journey as I also learn new foods and cooking techniques. Dedicated to my parents Ramiro and Blanca.

Green Chile Flour Tortillas

tortillas once cooked

I had so many request to please share this green chile flour tortilla recipe in printable form! Here it is! This post is going to to short and sweet or maybe I should say short with some heat! If you know me, you know that I enjoy infusing different flavors into my corn and flour tortillas. It's fun and most times quite delicious! Here is my recipe for green chile flour tortillas! Thank goodness there is a video! Although it has only been a few years since I have learned to produce ...

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pozole plated

Chicken Pozole w/ Chochoyotes

Chicken pozole with chochoyotes? Have I gone mad? Yes! Mad about pozole and mad about chochoyotes! I have had many request for a pozole recipe that doesn't serve 12 people! Lol! Here it is. You can ...

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birria tamal plated

Tamal de Birria, Step by Step

As requested, my version of tamal de birria. A shredded beef tamal filled with slow cooked beef in adobo with cheese. It was only a matter of time that I would be sharing a tamal de birria with you ...

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strawberry atole

Atole Recipes

Atole can be described as a hot beverage from Mexico. Many times it is corn based, whether it's corn masa or cornstarch used as a thickener. Corn masa atole has that distinct flavor of corn that I ...

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Nixtamalization

Nixtamalization. What is it? According to Wikipedia, Nixtamalization (/ˌnɪʃtəməlɪˈzeɪʃən, ˌnɪks-/ nish-tə-mə-lih-ZAY-shən) is a process for the preparation of maize (corn), or ...

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Chuletas en Salsa Negra

Chuletas en salsa negra translates to pork chops in a black looking salsa. Of course, the salsa is not really black. It is the described that way since the chiles in their dried form appear very dark ...

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Molotes

Molotes are a fried corn dough stuffed with potato and chorizo. Garnishes can include salsa, lettuce or cabbage, cotija cheese, onion and Mexican crema. Skies the limit on the possibilities when it ...

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