Tostadas de guacamole y crema

Tostadas de guacamole y crema

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Servings:	Serves 6 - Makes 12 tostadas
Calories per serving:	847
Ready in:	25 minutes
Prep. time:	10 minutes
Cook time:	15 minutes
Difficulty:
Recipe author:	JuliaBalbilla
First published:	21st January 2013

Tostadas de guacamole y crema: guacamole sour cream tostadas.

This recipe is an anglicised version of a recipe by Diana Kennedy, 'Tostadas de guacamole y crema' from her brilliant Mexican cookery bible: The essential cuisines of Mexico ISBN 9780307587725 - mine was about £7 from Amazon and it's looking to be the best cook-book I own!

Ingredients

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• Vegetable (Rapeseed oil for frying)
• 12 cornmeal tortillas
• 225 g (8 oz) good quality medium strength Cheddar - the more acidic the better - cut into thin slices
• 500 ml guacamole
• 250 ml sour cream
• 375 ml finely shredded lettuce
• 4 to 6 heaped tablespoons of sliced pickled jalapeno chillies (red or green)

Method

1. Heat the oil in a large heavy based frying pan and fry the tortillas until crisp - drain on paper towels
2. Layer the fried tortillas with the sliced cheese and top with a big spoonful of guacamole and top with soured cream
3. Sprinkle with shredded lettuce and chillies

Serving suggestions

Serve immediately

See also

• Tortillas: - Encyclopaedic page describing all variants of tortillas
• South American tortilla recipes - :
  • Corn tortilla recipe - make them from scratch with masa harina
  • Corn tortillas - a Thermomix recipe
  • Wheat flour tortilla recipe
  • Gorditas - Thick Mexican tortillas
  • Quick tortillas - a recipe idea for using left over tortillas
  • Burrito (or taco de harina) explained
  • Minced beef burritos - A burrito recipe
  • Enchiladas - a recipe and an explanation
  • Chicken enchiladas
  • Cheatin' chicken enchiladas a quick version of the above
  • Quick beef enchiladas
  • Honduran Enchiladas, This is a typical dish from Honduras
  • enfrijoladas, a similar dish to enchiladas
  • Pulled pork enchiladas - a nice pork recipe made using meat from Jamie Oliver's Overnight Slow Roast Pork Joint‎‎
  • Homemade tortilla chips - Make superb tortilla chips from soft corn tortillas - better than anything you could buy!
  • Cheese nachos - A cheese nacho recipe
  • Frito pie - If you like Tex-Mex, you'll love this
  • Easy frito pie - Make Frito pie-on the hoof!
  • Minced beef for tacos - A Mexican spicy beef taco filling recipe
  • Memphis BBQ pulled duck tacos - A duck variation on the same theme
  • Sincronizada recipe - A Mexican speciality that can alos be found all over South America
  • Quesadillas - A selection of quesadilla recipes
  • Dobladas - Stuffed tortillas from Guatemala
  • Enfrijoladas recipe - tortillas stuffed with re-fried beans and spices
  • Chilaquiles - a fabulous recipe from two Mexican visitors
  • Tostadas de guacamole y crema - A famous Diana Kennedy recipe
  • Cheese pupusas - a stuffed tortilla from El Salvador
  • Pupusa de Chicharron - similar to pupusas, again from El Salvador
  • Spicy lamb tortillas - A recipe idea taken from crispy duck pancakes
  • Duck fajitas - and a similar version, with crispy duck
  • Gressingham Memphis Barbecue Pulled Duck - Commercially available pre-prepared pulled duck
• Spanish tortilla recipes:
  • Capricorn, pea and mint tortilla - A Spanish-style tortilla with goats' cheese
  • Potato and goats' cheese tortilla - Another Spanish-type with goats' cheese
  • Tortilla Española - A Spanish tortilla
  • Tortilla capuchina - another Spanish tortilla
  • Tortilla 'batatas harras' - A spicy Spanish tortilla
  • Beef Skirt Steak Fajitas - Fajitas, using Taste Sensation spice mix
  • Squash, halloumi and chilli omelette - Spicy, with squash & Greek cheese
  • Omelettes - Many omelette recipes
• Misc. tortilla recipes:
  • Potatoes as a garnish or for tortillas (TM) - A Thermomix recipe
  • Baked squash filled with melted Camembert cheese - Where taco shells are used to dish up the melted cheese
• Ingredients:
  • Taco shells
  • Tex-Mex seasoning - Home-made Old India Taco Seasoning recipe
  • Old India Taco Seasoning - The commercial variety is very good too
  • Tortilla chips - Snacks/crisps.
  • Taste Sensation Cajun Seasoning
  • Taste Sensation fajita seasoning
  • Taste Sensation harissa seasoning
  • Taste Sensation Italian seasoning
  • Taste Sensation Jalapeno and Lime Seasoning
  • Taste Sensation Mexican seasoning
  • Taste Sensation piri piri seasoning
• Tools:
  • Tortilla press - The device and also a great tip for making them without a press!

We have many other Guacamole recipes:

• A simple Guacamole recipe
• An authentic Mexican version, Guacamole con aceite de oliva
• An Anglicised version of Diana Kennedy's guacamole recipe, Tostadas de guacamole y crema
• A red guacamole, Guacamole rojo
• A Thermomix recipe that is a translation from Salsas y Aliños con Thermomix by Susaeta Ediciones
• Another Thermomix variation
• Cuban guacamole summer salad, a salad that uses guacamole as a key ingredient
• Picante guacamole, a guacamole recipe from MexTrade, London

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