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Mexican cuisine [ 5] is a complex and ancient cuisine, with techniques and skills developed over thousands of years of history. [ 6] It is created mostly with ingredients native to Mexico, as well as those brought over by the Spanish conquistadors, with some new influences since then.
Original Mexican quesadilla. In the central and southern regions of Mexico, a quesadilla is a flat circle of cooked corn masa, called a tortilla, warmed to soften it enough to be folded in half, and then filled. They are typically filled with Oaxaca cheese ( queso Oaxaca ), a stringy Mexican cheese made by the pasta filata (stretched-curd) method.
Mole (Spanish:; from Nahuatl mōlli, Nahuatl:), meaning 'sauce', is a traditional sauce and marinade originally used in Mexican cuisine.In contemporary Mexico the term is used for a number of sauces, some quite dissimilar, including mole amarillo or amarillito (yellow mole), mole chichilo, mole colorado or coloradito (reddish mole), mole manchamantel or manchamanteles (tablecloth stainer ...
Vegetables. Cheese. Sauces. Media: Taco. A taco ( US: / ˈtɑːkoʊ /, UK: / ˈtækoʊ /, Spanish: [ ˈ t a k o]) is a traditional Mexican dish consisting of a small hand-sized corn- or wheat-based tortilla topped with a filling. The tortilla is then folded around the filling and eaten by hand.
The culture of an individual Mexican is influenced by familial ties, gender, religion, location, and social class, among other factors. Contemporary life in the cities of Mexico has become similar to that in the neighboring United States and in Europe, with provincial people conserving traditions more than city dwellers.
Tortilla. A tortilla ( / tɔːrˈtiːə /, Spanish: [toɾˈtiʝa]) is a thin, circular unleavened flatbread from Mesoamerica originally made from maize hominy meal, and now also from wheat flour. The Aztecs and other Nahuatl speakers called tortillas tlaxcalli ( [t͡ɬaʃˈkalli] ). [ 1] First made by the indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica ...
Guacamole. Guacamole ( Spanish: [ɡwakaˈmole] ⓘ; informally shortened to guac in the United States [ 1] since the 1980s) [ 2] is an avocado -based dip, spread, or salad first developed in Mexico. [ 3] In addition to its use in modern Mexican cuisine, it has become part of international cuisine as a dip, condiment, and salad ingredient. [ 4][ 5]
Carnitas originate from a traditional French dish that was introduced to Mexico via Spain. According to Mariano Galvan Rivera’s cookbook —Diccionario de cocina (1845)— “carnitas” was the vulgar name given by Mexico’s lower classes to the dish known as “Chicharrones de Tours”, and were specifically made and sold in working class neighborhood slaughterhouses or pork shops: [3]