Recipes

Taco Fiesta: Raw Onion Slaw With Mustard And Chilies

Yields: 2 portions.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 small white onion, thinly sliced on a mandolin
• 1/2 small red onion, sliced
• 5 stalk chives, cut into 1’’ batons
• 3 green onion, sliced into rounds
• 1 small shallot, sliced rounds
• 30 mL red wine vinegar*
• 30 mL grainy dijon mustard*
• 30 mL Well Seasoned olive oil*
• *Available from Well Seasoned

Instructions:

1. Put all the onions, except white onion into a large bowl, sprinkle a pinch of kosher salt, wilt for 5 minutes. Add the vinegar, marinade another 5 minutes. Mix in mustard, olive oil and fold in the unseasoned white onions for texture and depth.

Prep Time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 0 Minutes

Taco Fiesta: The Ultimate Guacamole

Yields: 2 portions.

Ingredients:

• 3 large and ripe avocados
• 1/4 bunch of cilantro, chopped
• 3 cloves of garlic, puréed
• 2 limes, juiced*
• 10 ripe cherry tomatoes, quartered
• Chili flakes, to taste*
• *Available from Well Seasoned

Instructions:

1. In a large bowl combine garlic, tomatoes, cilantro, chili flakes with a large pinch of salt. Marinate 5-10 minutes.
2. In another bowl, peel and seed avocado and scoop. use a fork to mash it down without mixing too much. Season lightly with salt.
3. Drain ONLY the juice from tomatoes on top of the avocado. Mix very gently to preserve texture.
4. Transfer into a bowl, make a well in the middle and fill it up with marinated tomatoes.

Prep Time: 20 Minutes

Cook time: 0 Minutes

Taco Fiesta: Charred Pineapple With Chipotle Crema

Yields: 2 portions.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 ripe pineapple, core removed and cut into 4 wedges
• 15 ml chipotle in adobo, puréed
• 1 lime, juiced*
• 10 ml ground coriander*
• 100 ml sour cream, or thick yoghurt
• *Available from Well Seasoned

Instructions:

1. Either in the hot oven or on the hottest side of your grill, season the pineapple with coriander and char until it is nicely caramelized, around 5 minutes, not more to preserve the freshness and texture. Meanwhile, mix the cream, lime juice and chipotle. Lay down the crema as a base layer. Slice the pineapple and serve on top the chipotle mix.

Prep Time: 5 Minutes

Cook time: 5 Minutes

Taco Fiesta: Tomatillo Salsa With Cumin And Cilantro

Yields: 2 portions.

Ingredients:

• 3 medium sized tomatillos
• 1 small white onion, halved
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 30 ml cumin, coarsely ground*
• 1 bunch cilantro, chopped fine
• Chili flakes, to taste
• *Available from Well Seasoned

Instructions:

1. Heat you oven to 450F, or your grill to high. Cut 2 tomatillos and the onion in half. Heat up a heavy bottomed pan, or the grill, and and caramelized the onion and the tomatillos and transfer in the oven for 10 minutes, or until soft.
2. In the meanwhile purée the garlic and shave the last tomatillo very thinly on a mandolin. Transfer the frilled tomatillo, onion, garlic, cumin, chili flakes and half the cilantro in to a kitchen processor and purée until smooth. Correct seasoning, fold in the rest of the raw tomatillo and the cilantro.

Prep Time: 5 Minutes

Cook time: 10 Minutes

Taco Fiesta: Grilled Flank Steak with Ancho Chili Rub and Caramelized Lemon

Yields: 2 portions.

Ingredients:

• 12-16 oz ethically raised flank steak or bavette
• 15 ml ancho chili powder, or favourite chili powder*
• 10 ml sweet smoked paprika*
• 1 lemon or lime Ideally charcoal grill, or a heavy bottomed frying pan
• 50 ml grape seed oil
• 10 flour or corn taco shells
• 2 limes chopped into wedges

Instructions:

1. Heat up your grill until very hot, or a heavy bottomed frying pan until lightly smoking.
2. Combine oil and both chili powders. Season the steak quite liberally with kosher salt.
3. Fry or grill approximately 3 minutes on each side, which may vary depending the thickness of your steak. The internal temperature should be around 130F, medium rare, or simply to your preferred doneness. Keep warm.
4. While the grill/pan is hot, warm up the taco shells gently and pile on top of each other. cover it with a clean kitchen cloth, keep warm.

Prep Time: 5 Minutes

Cook time: 10 Minutes