Ama
A Modern Tex-Mex Kitchen
Published on 1. October 2019
272 pages
978-1-4521-5685-9 (ISBN)
Description
The chef behind LA's beloved Tex-Mex restaurant shares 100+ creative recipes inspired by regional Mexican cuisine and global flavors.
Hailing from San Antonio, chef Josef Centeno drew on traditional family recipes for his acclaimed restaurant Bar Ama. Starting with a foundation of regional Mexican cuisine, he ventured far and wide, with influences from the American South, Germany, Poland, and Morocco. Now, with this irresistible collection of recipes, he helps you bring the same diverse and delicious flavors into your kitchen.
With more than 100 recipes, Ama is divided into chapters on breakfast, vegetables, and main courses as well as desserts and even a super nacho party. Full color photos throughout capture the mouthwatering dishes as well as the incomparable atmosphere of Bar Ama.
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Josef Centeno | Betty Hallock
Ama
A Modern Tex-Mex Kitchen (Mexican Food Cookbooks, Tex-Mex Cooking, Mexican and Spanish Recipes)
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10/2019
Chronicle Books
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Betty Hallock is a journalist and food writer, and former deputy food editor of the Los Angeles Times. She is the coauthor of Bäco and lives in Los Angeles.
Content
- Cover
- Title
- Coptright
- Contents
- Introduction
- THE LIFE AND TIMES OF GABINA CERVANTES MARTINEZ
- AM ´ A'S WEST SIDE KITCHEN
- TEX-MEX IN LOS ANGELES
- CHAPTER 1 LARDER
- Preserved kumquats with lime and chile
- Preserved kumquat vinaigrette
- Hoja santa vinaigrette
- Cascabel-thyme vinaigrette
- Carrot escabeche
- Habanero pickle
- Pickled oregano onions
- Pickled gooseberries
- Mexican salmorejo
- Mexican sriracha
- Morita-guajillo salsa
- Amá spice mix
- Soldadera's hot sauce
- Jesusita's pequín salsa
- Red-eye spice
- Salsa de aguacate
- Pine nut and tepin salsa
- Cobjini
- Tomatillo salsa
- Charred green-onion crema
- Cascabel pimento cheese
- CHAPTER 2 TEX-MEX BREAKFAST
- Migas
- Huevos rancheros
- Kielbasa and potato scramble
- Broiled piloncillo Texas grapefruit
- Tía Carmen's flour tortillas
- THE FIRST TACO OF THE DAY
- Carne guisada
- Grandma Alice's chipotle chorizo
- Tía Mona's picadillo
- Potato and egg breakfast tacos
- Picadillo or chorizo breakfast tacos
- Bean, cheese, and bacon breakfast tacos
- Biscuits with bacon gravy
- Cornmeal pancakes with maple-molasses syrup
- French Texas toast
- CHAPTER 3 AMÁ'S TABLE
- Mama Grande's chicken soup
- Chicken and chile tortilla soup
- Grandma Alice's chorizo and queso asadero
- Albondigas with tomatillo salsa
- Slow-roasted beef belly with pomegranate and cotija
- Amá's carrot and potato sofrito enchiladas
- Mom's green enchiladas
- Beef cheek barbacoa
- Beef cheek barbacoa enchiladas
- Fideo
- Fideo with octopus
- Chile shrimp ceviche with watercress and avocado
- Scallop aguachile with tomato-habanero water and gooseberries
- Whole roasted sea bream with Tex-Mex chimichurri
- Lobster diablo
- CHAPTER 4 VERDURAS
- Escarole salad with cotija croutons and banana vinaigrette
- Tex-Mex Caesar salad
- Watercress, Mahón cheese, nectarines, and creamy lime dressing
- Broccolini torrada with aged cheddar and lime
- Roasted cauliflower with cilantro-pecan pesto
- Brussels sprouts with salmorejo and pickled onions
- Sautéed corn with cotija, mushrooms, and bacon
- Roasted Asian squash with piloncillo and butter
- Fried squash blossoms with cascabel pimento cheese
- Sautéed persimmons with crema
- Anchovy butter-roasted red onions
- CHAPTER 5 LA REUNIÓN
- Borracho beans
- Refried borracho beans
- Mom's rice
- Hot sauce chicken with cabbage and kale slaw
- Fried chicken with honey and mint
- Chicken-fried steak with bacon gravy
- Black and blue cowboy steak with onion rings
- Dad's steak fajitas
- Turmeric-ginger chicken fajitas
- Chile shrimp fajitas
- Anchovy pork asada
- THE RANCH
- Tía Alice Jo's curry-chile pork roast
- Oven-roasted baby back ribs
- Tex-Mex roast turkey
- Turkey chili
- Turkey stock
- Lamb birria
- CHAPTER 6 SUPER NACHO HOUR
- Queso
- Vegan cashew queso
- Tortilla chips
- Amá's guacamole
- Super nachos
- Nachos compuestas
- Nana's deviled eggs with bacon
- Bar Amá chicken wings with hot sauce glaze
- Peel-n-eat shrimp with chile and peanuts
- Cascabel pimento cheese chiles rellenos
- Corn and cheese taquitos
- Lobster taquitos
- Borracho bean dip
- Short rib chalupas
- My favorite chalupas
- Corn quesadillas with poblano, cilantro, and green onions
- Carne guisada Frito pie
- Puffed tacos
- Amá's margarita
- The Nacho
- La pina
- Jengibre Baja
- Juan Collins
- Mezcal negroni
- El más chingon
- Snake's blood
- Michelada
- CHAPTER 7 DULCES & DESSERTS
- Berries with hibiscus-ginger syrup
- Blood orange flan de queso
- BRISKET AND COBBLER
- Churro funnel cakes
- Blueberry cobbler
- Sopapillas
- Cinnamon-fennel conchas
- Mama Hallock's Pecan Pie
- Vanilla bean semifreddo with dulce de leche
- Fried vanilla bean semifreddo
- Pecan-cacao-coconut sablés
- Tex-leches chocolate-coconut cake
- Capirotada
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- V
- W
- About the Author
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