Mexican desserts recipes
16 Mexican desserts recipes, each written for this site and each saying what its method turns on.
- Alegrías, sourced from Mexico. The amaranth popped a spoonful at a time on a bone-dry pan, because a handful steams itself and nothing pops. vegetarian.
- Bionico, sourced from Mexico. The cream thinned with condensed milk and poured on at the table, so the fruit never sits in it. vegetarian.
- Buñuelos, sourced from Mexico. Stretched over the back of the hand until it is translucent, because a rolling pin cannot take it that thin. Egg, vegetarian.
- Capirotada, sourced from Mexico. The bread dried hard and fried before any syrup touches it, which is why it holds its shape instead of dissolving.
- Chongos Zamoranos, sourced from Mexico. The curd cut once into squares and then never stirred again, because a broken curd will not come back.
- Churros, sourced from Mexico. The flour cooked into boiling water before anything else, which is the only reason the dough can be piped. vegetarian.
- Cocadas, sourced from Mexico. Cooked until a spoon drawn across the pan leaves a dry trail that does not close, or they will not hold their shape. Egg, vegetarian.
- Cochinitos de Piloncillo, sourced from Mexico. The piloncillo dissolved into a syrup and cooled before it meets the flour, because grated it never fully melts in the dough. Egg.
- Coyotas, sourced from Mexico. Two thin discs sealed round piloncillo and pricked, so the filling melts and leaks and caramelises on the tray.
- Marquesitas, sourced from Mexico. Rolled the instant it leaves the iron, because it sets rigid in about ten seconds and then shatters. Egg.
- Mazapán, sourced from Mexico. Pressed and never kneaded, because working it releases the peanut oil and it turns to paste. vegan.
- Nicuatole, sourced from Mexico. It sets on its own as it cools, because the masa is the only setting agent — no gelatine and no egg. vegan.
- Paletas, sourced from Mexico. The mould filled in two goes with the fruit pieces added between, so they do not all float to one end. vegan.
- Piñata Cookies, sourced from Mexico. The hollow cut out of the middle layer before baking, never drilled out afterwards. Egg.
- Plátanos Congelados, sourced from Mexico. The banana frozen solid before it is dipped, so the chocolate sets on contact instead of sliding off. vegan.
- Tres Leches Cake, sourced from Mexico. Pricked all over and soaked while still warm, because a cold sponge refuses the milk and sits in a puddle. Egg, vegetarian.
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