La Piña en la Cocina

Embracing my Mexican heritage and sharing all the wonderful flavors, colors and foods I grew up with. Join me on this journey as I also learn new foods and cooking techniques. Dedicated to my parents Ramiro and Blanca.

Mexican Salsa! The Cookbook!

Me holding open my cookbook

Finally, the day is here! A Mexican salsa cookbook, published! As many of you know, I am very passionate about preparing fresh salsa. All kinds! Thanks to technology, I produced this short video with all the images, plus more of the 50 recipes featured in my first cookbook. I decided to start with this smaller book to share recipes that I prepare over and over again. After all, you can't have a good taco unless there's good tortillas, salsas and garnishes. Order your copy of Mexican Salsa the ...

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Chile Colorado Pork Tamales(Tamal de Puerco)

Chile colorado pork tamales. The word colorado is used to describe the red, dried chiles used in this recipe and not the state of Colorado. If I had a nickel for every tamal I helped assemble while I was growing up at home, I would have quite a savings account, lol! This is truly the one tamal recipe that I remember the most from my childhood. The only difference is that I am using masa harina to prepare the masa because that is all that is available to me. These tamales are also called ...

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Shredded Beef Tamal

shredded beef tamal plated with salsa garnish

Shredded beef tamal(tamal de carne deshebrada). This carne deshebrada is based on my original recipe posted here on my blog. I enjoy it so much, that I knew it would make a delicious beef tamal! I have been working feverishly all day to try and produce these two videos to share with you all. It's tamal season and there's no time to waste! Let's get to it! Shredded Beef and Cheese Tamal! The Stories Behind The Recipes! If you are like me, you enjoy reading about what inspires people to ...

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Me holding open my cookbook

Mexican Salsa! The Cookbook!

Finally, the day is here! A Mexican salsa cookbook, published! As many of you know, I am very passionate about preparing fresh salsa. All kinds! Thanks to technology, I produced this short video with ...

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Chile Colorado Pork Tamales(Tamal de Puerco)

Chile colorado pork tamales. The word colorado is used to describe the red, dried chiles used in this recipe and not the state of Colorado. If I had a nickel for every tamal I helped assemble while I ...

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flan de rompope

Flan de Rompope

Flan de rompope, spiked Mexican style eggnog! The holiday season is upon us and I have visions of sugared cranberries and spiked flan! Lol! Since I was little I have always loved the looks of the ...

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Chicharrón Prensado. Pressed Pork Chicharron

Chicharrón Prensado! What is it? Pressed pork chicharron is essentially chicharron with carnita that is fully cooked in the traditional way and then it's pressed. Looks are deceiving when you see the ...

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pumpkin Tamal up close

Pumpkin Tamal

Pumpkin Tamal? I remember the first time I heard of this! I was like, what? No way! I'm not sure I would like it! My good friend, Norma reached out to me asking for my help, as she was asked to ...

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inside of the fresh sweet bread close up

Pan Dulce-Mexican Sweet Bread

Pan dulce, Mexican sweet bread. It's officially fall season on the calendar, but the temperatures outside are no indication of that! With the fall and winter seasons ahead, that means more baking. In ...

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chipotle shrimp up close

Creamy Chipotle Shrimp With Pasta

Creamy chipotle shrimp with pasta! Camarones a la crema de chipotle con pasta! So easy! So Delicious! If you are a fan of spicy shrimp and pasta dishes, you need to prepare this dish today! Today's ...

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chicken mole plated with rice

Mole Revisited!

Mole revisited! For many years my followers have asked me to share an easy mole recipe! I believes it's always been an easy recipe. It does traditionally require a lot of prep work ahead before the ...

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