Category: Latin American

• cocoles de anis

  

  This is my take on a very traditional pan dulce mexicano. Cocoles de Piloncillo y Anis is probably the oldest type of bread that still exists and is still being made in all parts of Mexico. It is traditionally made with wheat flour, milk, eggs, and some local ingredients. I took liberties with the recipe…

  Dave G

  February 18, 2020

  baked goods, baking, bread, bread flour, breakfast, buns, food blogging, Latin American, mexican food, snack, whole wheat

  cocol, cocoles, cocoles de anis, pan dulce, pan dulce mexicano, rolls, sweet buns, sweet rolls, white whole wheat flour

• ensaïmada

  

  It’s Friday!! Happy Friday! And it’s my birth month, so I decided to share with you my new favorite thing! If you are Filipinx or Filipinx American, you may be more familiar with ensaymada (sometimes spelled ensaimada), which is a sweet bread roll that looks very similar to the ones I made above, but instead…

  Dave G

  March 1, 2019

  baked goods, baking, bread, bread flour, buns, dessert, filipino food, food blogging, Latin American, mediterranean, pastry, snack, sweets, yeast breads

  ensaïmadas de mallorca, ensaimadas, mallorcan, spanish, sweet bread roll, sweet roll

• pozole rojo de puerco

  

  I confess, this is not something I made today. Indeed, this is not even something I made. But I know how to make it, and was there in the kitchen watching. Once again, this is a recipe from Ben. We had this more than a week ago. I packed it for my lunch the next…

  Dave G

  April 26, 2015

  dinner, food blogging, Latin American, mexican food, pork, savory, soup, stew

  pozole, pozole puerco, pozole rojo

• sancocho

  

  Ben loves to cook. It is so nice to come home from work on Monday nights, because that is his day off, and he loves to have something ready for me when I get home. I’m spoiled. This works out so well for me! I do cook meals sometimes, too, but this has been more…

  Dave G

  October 30, 2014

  beef, chicken, dinner, Latin American, pork, savory, soup

  beef, chicken, columbian soup, pork, sancocho, soup

• pollo en pipian

  

  Ben cooked it. Chicken cooked in a sauce made with pumpkin seeds, peanuts, guajillo chiles, onions, garlic, cumin, and other various spices. Sorry, no recipe. Pumpkin seeds make this seasonal, right?

  Dave G

  October 14, 2014

  Latin American, mexican food

  pollo en pipian

• Walnut Alfajores

  

  Alfajores are usually sandwich cookies, popular in Latin American countries, as well as in the Philippines, but originated from Spain. Chalk it all up to all that Spanish colonization happening for centuries, I guess. Some are filled with dulce de leche or cajeta (cow or goat’s milk caramel), or jam. Some have coconut in or…

  Dave G

  April 29, 2014

  baked goods, baking, cookies, dessert, Latin American

  alfajor, alfajores, Argentina, cookies, Italian, latin american, nocello, nocino, sidetrack distillery, walnut liqueur, walnuts