Thursday, January 20, 2011

YO MEXICO! Pork flauta with mango puree dip

Flautas(which uses flour tortillas as opposed to taquitos which use corn tortillas) are a Mexican dish consisting of a small rolled-up tortilla and some type of filling, usually beef or chicken. The filled tortilla are then crisp-fried; or in my experiment, baked.

Heck ya! I'm making some Flautas!

you know you wannn-it!

I made the tortillas from scratch, using white flour. I had leftover roast pork, so used that up as well for the filling.

Here's what you will need to make this recipe

For filling
1 1/2 cup diced left over roast pork
1/2 Onion
1/2 Red Pepper
1 Tomato
2 Garlic cloves minced
1 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon thyme
1/2 teaspoon Oregano
1 1/2 tbsp bbq sauce
1 cup water
1 cup Apple juice
Cream cheese

For Mango Dip
1 mango blended
1/8 cup plain yogurt
1 tbsp Mayonnaise
Parsley
Basil

Sweet and sour pork

Here's a little sweet and sour experiment. Saucey meat with rice is one of my favorites. So here's what you'll need for this.

Sweet and Sour Pork on Rice

For pork and marinade
1/2 pound pork
2 tbsp ketchup
1 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
2 teaspoons Rice Wine Vinegar
1 teaspoon Yellow Sugar
1 tbsp flour