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Tortillas are Mexico and Mexican can not live without tortillas, we eat them every day, for breakfast, lunch or dinner and today I am sharing with you the recipe of how to  make lovely corn tortillas! Then place the flour in the bowl and start adding the water, small amounts at a time, you just have to integrate the flour to make a dough. Open your tortilla press and place on one sheet of plastic on the bottom of the tortilla press, then place a corn dough ball and place the other sheet of plastic on top. * To make corn tortillas, always buy Nixtamalize corn flour (Mexican corn flour), there are two famous brands in Mexico, Maseca or Minsa.

Family recipes are the best, they are full of nice stories and love. Today’s recipe has been in my mum’s family for generations, my abuela (grandma) Emilia used to make this lovely dessert for my mum and her siblings, so my mum makes it for us and we spent the whole morning talking about my mamá Mila (grandma Emilia) and her delicious desserts

A taco would not be a taco without a good spicy salsa and this charred tomatillo salsa is the best! • 1 clove of garlic with skin on Heat an old frying pan or a flat griddle at high heat. Place the tomatillos, onion, jalapeños and garlic with skin on the hot flat griddle

Mexico is a country full of lovely food traditions; recipes that have been in families for a long time and today’s recipe is that type of dish that when you are cooking it, you can’t help wondering how it began, who created it and how come it tastes so good. Transfer the green pepper, onion, garlic, radish leaves, coriander, spinach leaves, tomatillos, jalapeño chillies, some of the chicken stock, epazote and oregano to the blender and blend until getting a smooth sauce. Heat a sauce pan to medium heat and add 2 tbsp oil, once hot, add the green sauce and cook for around 10 min, when it starts boiling turn the heat down and continue cooking for 15 min stir from time to time to avoid sticking. Seal the chicken in the casserole dish, once brown, add a bit of water and cover, let the chicken cook in its own steam for around 30 min.