Tag: Latin American
Brazilian Tamale Casserole
Brazilian Tamale Casserole
Pamonha de Forno Goiana is a Brazilian style tamale casserole. There are a couple of differences between Mexican and Brazilian tamales. Mexican are made from masa flour while Brazilian are made from puréed corn. Mexican tamales are wrapped in dry husks and steamed; Brazilian are wrapped in fresh corn husks and boiled. Brazilian tamales are eaten sweet or savory, usually stuffed with sausage and cheese. While this isn’t a wrapped tamale, but a reconstructed casserole version that is so damn good it’s hard to not eat the whole baking dish. The assembly couldn’t be easier. Purée the corn, eggs, milk, and seasonings in a blender. Pour half of the batter in a greased baking dish. Place the sausage and half of the cheese over it. Cover with the rest of the batter. Bake at 325 degrees for 40 minutes. Cover with the rest of the cheese and bake at 350 degrees for 10 more minutes. Let this rest for a good 15 minutes before serving.
Equipment
- Blender or food processor
Ingredients
- 4-5 cups corn canned or frozen
- 1 cup milk
- 4 large eggs
- 1 tbsp powdered chicken bouillon
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp salt
- 12 oz smoked pork kielbasa sliced 1/2” thick, each slice quartered
- 2 cups mozzarella shredded or cubed
Instructions
- Blend the corn, milk, eggs, bouillon, salt, and pepper until smooth.
- Pour half of the batter in a well greased baking dish. Top with the smoked sausage and half the cheese.
- Pour the rest of the batter over the top. Bake in a preheated 325 degree oven for 40 minutes.
- Place the remaining cheese beef the top. Increase the oven temp to 350 degrees. Bake for 10 more minutes.
Corn Bundt Cake with Salted Coconut Sauce
Corn Bundt Cake with Salted Coconut Sauce
This dessert is known as Bolo de Milho de Liquidficador; kitchen blender corn bundt cake. It is called that since all of the ingredients are puréed in a blender at once. It is that simple. The cake is baked in a bundt cake pan. It is served for breakfast or as a snack with butter.The salted coconut sauce is not authentic. I just happened to have made mango sticky rice the other night and thought that the salted coconut sauce in the rice with some butter, sugar, and coconut flakes would be a great addition to the cake…which it is.
Servings: 12
Equipment
- Food processor or blender
- Bundt cake pan
Ingredients
Corn Bundt Cake
- 1 cup yellow corn
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 1/4 cup water
- 3 large eggs
- 1 stick unsalted butter
- 1 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 cups corn meal
- 2 tbsp unsweetened coconut flakes
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 pinch salt
Salted Coconut Glaze
- 2 tsp glutenous rice flour
- 2 tbsp water
- 1/2 cup coconut milk
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tbsp unsweetened coconut flakes
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tsp salt
Instructions
- Purée all of the ingredients in a blender or food processor. Grease a Bundt cake pan with nonstick spray. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Pour the batter into the pan.
- Bake for 35 minutes. Let cool on a rack.
- Mix together the rice flour and water to make a slurry. Add all of the other ingredients to a pot over medium high heat. Once the sugar has dissolved, whisk in the slurry. Turn the heat to medium and simmer for 3-4 minutes until thickened.
- Once the cake has cooled, flip it on to a plate.
Avocado Ice Cream
Avocado Ice Cream
Avocado in ice cream you say? Let me tell you something…eating avocado sweet is the way to go. This ice cream recipe only has 4 ingredients. Yes, you use a lot of appliances and kind of make more dishes than you need, but holy shit! This is some of the best ice cream you’ll ever eat.
Equipment
- food processor
- upright mixer or hand mixer
- ice cream machine
Ingredients
- 2 avocados
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 lime juiced and zested
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
Instructions
- Add the avocado, sweetened condensed milk, lime juice and zest to a food processor.
- Purée until smooth.
- Add the heavy whipping cream to an upright mixer with a whisk attachment.
- Beat the cream on medium speed until it peaks and is light and fluffy. If you over whisk the cream, you will get butter.
- Fold in the whipped cream to the avocado batter.
- Add the batter to your ice cream machine. Churn it for 25 minutes.
- Turn off your machine. Scoop out the ice cream into a container and freeze for 4 hours before serving.
