Southwest Tastes: From the Television Series Great Chefs of the West by Ellen Brown

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    • Ingredients: masa harina; cornmeal
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  • Cornmeal pizza with wild mushrooms

    • Bloominanglophile on March 29, 2014

      I gave this recipe 4 stars when I made it back in 1993. This was when I was still a fledgling cook, so my note stating "Light!" was probably in comparison to chain restaurant pizzas! I also noted "double toppings", which may or may not still hold, as I now love the thin-crust, wood-fired, simple pizzas that are popular today.

  • Sweet potato tortellini in almond-cream sauce with sautéed onions and cilantro

    • Bloominanglophile on March 29, 2014

      Just one glance at the picture of this dish makes me salivate! I made it back in 1996, and gave it 5 stars. What's not to love about a sweet potato stuffed pasta in a rich cream sauce with rich caramelized onions! I did note to keep the pasta covered with a damp cloth--which I would place over the plastic wrapped tray (I also do this with rising bread in my dry climate).

  • Grilled turkey breast with vinegar and cracked pepper

    • Bloominanglophile on March 29, 2014

      This is roughly the same recipe as the one in Mesa Mexicana (and Mexican Cooking for Dummies, which adds some spices to season the turkey), but the cutlets are also coated thinly with flour, grilled briefly on high heat to leave nice grill marks, then sautéed in butter to finish cooking the meat and the flour coating. The ratios of the ingredients for the sauce also seem to vary a bit between these three recipes.

  • Chimayó cocktail

    • Bloominanglophile on March 29, 2014

      Every recipe I have for the Chimayo Cocktail seems to be different in ratios of ingredients and the ingredients themselves (Mark Miller's and Steven Raichlen's version uses lime juice, this one and the one in Tasting New Mexico use lemon, while the Cooking Light version uses sparkling water and sparkling apple juice). I think I am going to have to conduct some research into my preferred version! Regardless, there is one key trick that all these recipes leave out (and if I remember correctly from eating at Rancho de Chimayo a handful of times), is to coat the rim of the glass in cinnamon sugar--really makes the drink!

    • marie_3trbaj on April 09, 2026

      What a delightful cocktail. Best made with fresh apple cider.

  • Mocha framboise

    • Bloominanglophile on March 29, 2014

      Made this back in 1998. It takes some time to prepare, but was delicious (and rich). It does serve 16 people, though, so a nice torte for an event!

  • Ibarra chocolate cake

    • Bloominanglophile on March 29, 2014

      I found this cake to be rather flat on flavor and quite dry. Disappointing--because I like the idea of this cake. The ratios of ingredients of the same dessert in Mark Miller's Coyote Café cookbook are different, and may work out better, especially since it has a greater amount of cinnamon. The glaze ingredient ratios are virtually identical, and it turned out just fine.

  • Chocolate roulade with bittersweet sauce and hazelnut filling

    • Bloominanglophile on March 29, 2014

      This cake was good, but not stupendous. It does serve 10-12, which is a plus, and you can have a bit of fun with the plating of the sauce and garnish as well as the arrangement of the roulade slices (2 slices per serving).

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  • ISBN 10 0929714245
  • ISBN 13 9780929714240
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  • Published Feb 01 1990
  • Format Paperback
  • Language English
  • Edition 4th
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher Great Chefs Pub.
  • Imprint Great Chefs Pub.

Publishers Text

Add the zing of Southwestern flavor to your cooking with easy step-by-step techniques and great recipes from forty-nine of the country's "Great Chefs of the West." Also includes basics, menus, a complete glossary, and mail-order sources.

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