Tuesday 12 May 2009

Chilli con carne pt. 2


Wanted to make guacamole. Cut one avocado open and it was brown. Cut the second one open and it was brown. Dammit.

Ah well. We had salsa, grated cheddar, sour cream, tortillas and rice. Some disgustingly decadent individuals even had a mix of chilli and rice within a tortilla.
Personally I find the texture of the mince with the tortilla too soft, and with rice too same-y, so I compromised and toasted my filled tortilla (chilli, cheese, salsa) in a dry pan. I had it with salad and dipped the wrap into sour cream. It was okay - I guess I'm just not that into chilli. Except of course two days later, when the flavours intensify and everything is just a heck of a lot better. The photo is unfortunate in the way that the lovely black beans in the chilli aren't visible.
And is it just me or does that blob of delectable sour cream look a little like an albino fried egg?

A very basic salsa recipe:
Chop two tomatoes, a red pepper, a little coriander and one spring onion finely. Make garlic paste by crushing one small clove with salt under a knife. Mix everything in a bowl, squeeze some lime juice over and mix again.

1 comment:

  1. AS FOR CHILI TWO DAYS OLD, MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO MAKE A HUGE POT OF STEW ON SATURDAY: IT WOULD STAY ON THE STOVETOP, HEATED AND REHEATED, UNTIL THE FOLLOWING THURSDAY. (SHE WAS A DEVOUT CATHOLIC WHO WOULD NOT ALLOW MEAT ON FRIDAY, WITH SIX HUNGRY CHILDREN OF ALL AGES.) IT WAS TASTIER EACH DAY ... STAY THE COURSE ...

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