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Garnachas Istmeñas Crispy Masa Cakes

Name: Garnachas Istmeñas Crispy Masa Cakes
Total time: 2 h 53 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Oaxacan
Ingredients: 65 g green cabbage, shredded (about 5/8 cup); 15 g carrot, shredded; ½ pasilla chile, stem removed, thinly sliced; sea salt, to taste; 40 ml apple cider vinegar; 550 g aguayon, rump steak or other stew cut of beef; sea salt, for the cooking water and to season the ground beef, to taste; 35 g small white onion, quartered; 2 cloves garlic, peeled; 650 g fresh masa, homemade masa preparada (about 1 1/2 lb); 170 g tomatoes, chopped (about 1 cup); 10 g white onion, chopped (about 2 tbsp); ½ clove garlic, peeled; 0.13 tsp sea salt; 2 tsp vegetable oil; 80 ml water, 40 ml to boil the tomatoes, 40 ml to simmer the purée; 40 ml vegetable oil, for crisping, a spoonful at a time; guacamole, to taste; Mexican crema, to taste; queso fresco, crumbled, to taste

Small toasted masa discs from Oaxaca's isthmus, topped with finely ground boiled beef and crisped in a little tomato salsa, then finished with pasilla slaw, guacamole, crema and fresh cheese.

YieldServes 4
Hands-on2 h 10 min
Total2 h 53 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Slaw

65 ggreen cabbage, shredded (about 5/8 cup)
15 gcarrot, shredded
½pasilla chile, stem removed, thinly sliced
to tastesea salt
40 mlapple cider vinegar

Beef

550 gaguayon, rump steak or other stew cut of beef
to tastesea salt, for the cooking water and to season the ground beef
35 gsmall white onion, quartered
2 clovesgarlic, peeled

Garnachas

650 gfresh masa, homemade masa preparada (about 1 1/2 lb)

Tomato salsa

170 gtomatoes, chopped (about 1 cup)
10 gwhite onion, chopped (about 2 tbsp)
½ clovegarlic, peeled
0.13 tspsea salt
2 tspvegetable oil
80 mlwater, 40 ml to boil the tomatoes, 40 ml to simmer the purée

Assembly

40 mlvegetable oil, for crisping, a spoonful at a time

Garnishes

to tasteguacamole
to tasteMexican crema
to tastequeso fresco, crumbled

Contains

Dairy
Corn (maize)
Pome fruits (any)
Apple
Citrus fruits (any)
Lime
Avocado
Nightshades (any)
Tomato
Chili peppers
Onion family (any)
Onion
Garlic
Cabbage family (any)
Cabbage
Carrot
Parsley
Cilantro / coriander
All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
Beef and veal
Histamine (aged and fermented foods)

Taste

Heat
Sweet
Sour / bright
Salty
Umami / savory
Richness / fat
Smoke
Aromatic spice

Texture

Crisp

Equipment

Stovetop
Food processor

Season

Any season

Occasion

Weekend project
Entertaining

Effort

Over 90 min active
1–3 hours total
Difficulty 3
Needs advance prep
Make-ahead friendly

Nutrition

Calories: high
Protein: high
Carbs: high
Fat: high
Fiber: high
Sodium: moderate

Budget

Budget: moderate

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