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- Newsgroups: soc.culture.mexican,rec.food.recipes
- From: dmorales@neumann.uwaterloo.ca (Daniel M. German)
- Subject: Birria
- Message-ID: <CKECvo.3Bn@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca>
- Organization: University of Waterloo
- References: <mwillisCKBq8L.CxK@netcom.com>
- Date: Sat, 29 Jan 1994 15:11:48 GMT
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- The real name is 'birria'. Unfortunately I have the recipe in
- Spanish. I will try to do my best to translated to English.
-
- Ingredients
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- 1 kg. of lamb (the part of the lamb you need is called 'aguay'on' in
- Spanish. I have no idea how it can be translated but
- almost any section of lamb will do)
- 6 'ancho' pepper (or 'Chile ancho' It is the same as Anaheim Pepper but
- DRIED, all ).hot peppers used in this recipe are dried, do not use
- them fresh).
- 3 'cascabel' pepper (or 'chile cascabel)
- 3 'morita' pepper (or 'chile morita)
- 2 cloves
- 8 seeds of black pepper
- 1 chunck of cinammon
- 1/2 teaspoon of oregano
- 2 garlics
- 1/4 tablespoon of vinegar
- 1 small twig of thyme
- 3/4 tablespoons of water
- Salt
- 2 tablespoons of lard
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- Put 'cascabel' and' morita' in boiling water for 2 minutes.
- Open the 'ancho' pepper, remove the seeds and toast them a little. Put
- in boiling water for 2 minutes also (the reason the peppers are put in
- water is to soften them)
-
- Put the meat in a stewpan, already cut in small pieces (don't heat)
-
- Blend perfectly everything else. Mix it with the meat. Cover it and
- put in the fridge overnight.
-
- Add melted lard and put it in the oven during 1 1/2 hrs. at 150
- Celsius degrees.
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- If you want to season it with the "right" salsa, prepare the
- following:
-
- Salsa para Birria
-
- 6 green tomatoes (tomatillo in USA, 'tomates' in Central M'exico)
- 1/2 teaspoon oregano
- 2 tablespoons of chopped onion
- Salt & Black pepper.
-
- Take some of the broth of the birria, the tomatoes and some of the
- water that you used to boil the peppers (the day before). Blend.
-
- Put the oregano and the onion on the birria. Serve hot.
-
- Man, this is one of my favorite dishes. You might have problems
- trying to get the dry peppers. But if you are in a heavily Mexican
- populated area you are likely to find them.
-
- I took this recipe from Chepina Peralta's TV show last summer. She is
- probably the best known cook in central Mexico.
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