17 maja recipes

A new, delicious coffee made with kahlua and creme de cacao that can warm anyone up in the morning!

Golden sautéed chicken breasts finished with dry sherry, tarragon vinegar, and garlic. A simple Baja-inspired dinner ready in just 30 minutes.

Baja-style calzones stuffed with spiced sausage, ground beef, refried beans, crushed tomatoes, and melted Monterey Jack and cheddar. Served with guacamole.

Ma-la cucumber fans with Szechuan peppercorns, chili flakes, ginger, garlic, soy sauce, rice vinegar, and sesame oil. A numbing-spicy Chinese cold appetizer with an elegant fan cut.

Authentic gorditas made with masa harina, lard, and a touch of flour. Pressed thin, griddle-seared, then fried until puffed and crispy. Ready to split and fill with your favorite toppings.

Shortcut tamale casserole with masa harina dough layered over chili and baked until golden. All the corn-and-chili flavor of real tamales without rolling a single corn husk.

Texas-style venison chili simmered in beer and beef stock with chili powder, cumin, coriander, and masa harina. No beans, no tomatoes, just bold meat-and-spice flavor that deepens overnight.

Copycat Chili's chicken enchilada soup thickened with masa harina and loaded with cubed chicken, crushed tomatoes, and melted American cheese. A big-batch Tex-Mex soup that feeds a crowd.

Wild game chili with tender venison, beer, warm spices, and masa flour for authentic thickness: slow-simmered until rich, rested overnight for deeper flavor, serves twelve hunters.

Texas-style venison chili simmered with beer, chili powder, cumin, and masa. No beans, no tomatoes, just slow-cooked wild game heat thickened to a rich, spoonable stew.

Six pounds of cubed beef browned in suet, simmered in beef stock with a full cup of chili powder and crushed cumin seeds, thickened with masa harina. No tomatoes. No beans. This is Texas Red in its purest form.

Texas-style red chili made from dried chile pods pureed into a fiery sauce with browned meat, cumin, and oregano. No beans, slow-simmered for hours.

Keep these in the freezer and enjoy anytime you feel like having something sweet. Perfect with an afternoon cup of tea or coffee.

LONGHORN CHILI WITH ANCHO, MOLE AND CUMIN... and Bacon!!!!

Emeril-inspired masa corn cakes with chili powder, topped with white wine chive cream and caviar. An elegant appetizer that turns simple corn into something show-stopping.

Capital punishment chili is a fiery Texas-style bowl of red: chunks of beef chuck and pork simmered low with beer, a mountain of chili powder and cumin, a touch of mole and masa harina. No beans, all bold.