Armando is the guy responsible for the beautiful hairstyles that Jeri & I have. He has been cutting my hair for more than ten years and we always spend the appointment talking about food. Jeri & I both wanted to learn how to make tortillas, so we made a deal with Armando (born in Mexico City and a great cook) - I would give a homemade pasta lesson, Armando would give a homemade tortilla lesson and Jeri would be our sous chef.
We started with the pasta lesson, using the well-method, mixing and kneading by hand:
Armando's pasta got a bit sticky and needed Jeri's help:
Time to roll out the pasta. Joe (Jeri's husband) was up first:
Our neighbor Bonnie stopped by and we convinced her to give pasta a try:
And we're ready to cut the pasta:
Everyone did a great job with the pasta and now we're ready for our tortilla lessons. Armando starts with the flour tortillas. We knead the mixture of flour, salt, lard, "secret ingredient from Mexico" and water:
We started with the pasta lesson, using the well-method, mixing and kneading by hand:
Armando's pasta got a bit sticky and needed Jeri's help:
Time to roll out the pasta. Joe (Jeri's husband) was up first:
Our neighbor Bonnie stopped by and we convinced her to give pasta a try:And we're ready to cut the pasta:
Everyone did a great job with the pasta and now we're ready for our tortilla lessons. Armando starts with the flour tortillas. We knead the mixture of flour, salt, lard, "secret ingredient from Mexico" and water: Armando shows us the technique for rolling out the flour tortillas and Bonnie is the star:
And her reward for good work, was more work. Bonnie rolled out dozens of tortillas! Here's Joe trying to take credit for Bonnie's hard work:
Armando starts pressing out the corn tortillas:
Here is the press we used for the corn tortillas and lucky me Armando gave me the press and the flour tortilla dowel (rolling pin) as a gift:
And her reward for good work, was more work. Bonnie rolled out dozens of tortillas! Here's Joe trying to take credit for Bonnie's hard work:Armando starts pressing out the corn tortillas:
Here is the press we used for the corn tortillas and lucky me Armando gave me the press and the flour tortilla dowel (rolling pin) as a gift: Dave & Kim stop by and Dave takes a turn rolling out the flour tortillas:
Jeri cooks the tortillas- the most declicious tortillas I have ever tasted. The flour tortillas were so light and the corn so flavorful:
Armando cooks a surprise for Jeri- tongue:
The tongue was cooked with onions, garlic, beef boullion and water in the pressure cooker for about an hour, then peeled and chopped:
And Jeri, great sport that she is, bites into the delicious lengua. Seriously, the tongue was really good!
Armando also brought his chile verde:
and chile colorado:
We ate taco, after taco, after taco...but still had room for Jeri & Joe's yummy Banana, Coconut, Pineapple Upside Down Cake:
Thanks to all of you for a great day!
Jeri cooks the tortillas- the most declicious tortillas I have ever tasted. The flour tortillas were so light and the corn so flavorful:
Armando cooks a surprise for Jeri- tongue:The tongue was cooked with onions, garlic, beef boullion and water in the pressure cooker for about an hour, then peeled and chopped:
And Jeri, great sport that she is, bites into the delicious lengua. Seriously, the tongue was really good!Armando also brought his chile verde:
and chile colorado:
We ate taco, after taco, after taco...but still had room for Jeri & Joe's yummy Banana, Coconut, Pineapple Upside Down Cake:
Thanks to all of you for a great day!
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