Starter & Botanas Flashcards
Guacamole
Haas Avocado Tomato Red Onion Cilantro Jalapeño Pepper Serrano Pepper Puréed Garlic Pressed Lime Juice Roasted Chipotle Sauce Fantasma Pepper Sauce (for spicy preparation) Cotija Sauce Pepitas
Prepared tableside, mild, medium or spicy.
Cheese Plate
Choice of Le Peral Blue, Senorio de Monteloraina, Idiazabel, Perail Papillon
Zoe’s Fantasma Salumi (spicy)
Local Honey topped with Truffle Oil and Cracked Pepper
Serrano Peanuts
Apple Slices with Pumpkin Seed Oil and Orange Habanero Glaze
Chimichurri
Grilled Pan de Yucca
La Peral Blue
Cow’s Milk, small amount of Sheep’s Milk added
From Asturias, Northern Spain, aged 2-5 months
Texture: creamy, firm, grainy (similar to blue cheese)
Flavor: buttery, caramel, mushroomy, spicy, sweet
Pairs well with white wines, Sherry
Senorio de Monteloraina
Sheep’s Milk
From Fresno de la Ribera, Castilla, aged 10 months
Texture: firm, light rind
Flavor: full-bodied, slightly tangy, nutty notes (similar to manchego)
Pairs well with Spanish Rioja, Sherry
Idiazabel
Sheep’s Milk
From Basque and Navarra Regions of Northern Spain (Pyrenees Mountains), aged 8 months
Texture: dry, not crumbly, smooth hard rind
Flavor: burnt caramel, bacon, buttery, nutty, sweet
Pairs well with Bordeaux and Cab Sauv
Picks up smoky flavor while being aged and stored above fireplaces, no chimneys in simple mountain huts
Perail Papillon
Sheep’s Milk
From Causses, France (South East), aged 3 months
Texture: buttery smooth, waxy rind, creamy (similar to brie, but more pungent)
Flavor: earthy, gentle sweetness, sheepy
Pairs well with Chardonnay and Sancerre
Pork Belly Pibil
5oz. Pork Belly, dry roasted for 4 hours
Black Bean and Roasted Garlic Purée
Banana Habanero Aioli (spicy; mayo, garlic, lime, salt, bananas, habanero)
Pibil Sauce (achiote [puréed annatto seed paste], allspice, orange juice, red wine vinegar, Mexican oregano)
Pickled Red Onions (apple cider vinegar, orange juice reduction, black pepper, Mexican oregano)
Avocado Espuma (whipped avocado, cream, lime juice, salt)
Not lean or spicy (banana habanero aioli is spicy), great with corn tortillas.
Fast prep time
Tostadas
3 Fried Crispy Corn Tortillas Black Bean Purée Chicken Thighs Ham Hocks Aji Rocoto Aioli SMG garnish
Spicy with aioli, SOS for mild. Sub white bean purée and no ham for pork-free option.
Fast prep time
Roast Corn Gordita
3 Maza Gorditas (tortilla pancake) Roasted Squash Zucchini Corn Mushrooms Butter Cotija Cheese Huitlacoche Crema (garlic, shallots, thyme, huitlacoche, white wine, cream)
Great for vegetarians, mild, earthy, truffly, small.
Medium prep time
Grilled Sweet Corn
Grilled Street Corn Butter and Cream marinade, fire grilled to order Aji Rocoto Aioli Cotija Cheese Chile Paprika
Aioli is spicy, can be cut off the cobb.
Fast prep time
Duck Carnitas Empanada
Deep-Fried Maza Empanada Confit Duck Oaxaca Cheese Mushroom Duxelles (mushrooms, shallots, garlic, orange and lemon zest) Foie Gras Butter Sauce Orange Habanero Glaze
Mild, cheesy and rich. Pre-prepped, no subtractions.
Long prep time
Jidori Chicken Wings
8 Wings, brined 8-12 hours (fish sauce, salt, garlic and water)
Wing Sauce (nutmeg, coriander, sesame seed, cinnamon, red pepper, shallots, garlic, wing tips, water, honey, sherry vinaigrette)
Chipotle Fantasma Purée (brushed on plate)
House Pickled Cucumbers
Red Onions
Avocado
Serrano Peanuts
Black Sesame Seeds
Cilantro
Creekstone Beef Anticuchos
2 2oz. Filet Mignon skewers Soy and Oaxacan Pasilla marinade Grilled, topped with Oaxacan Pasilla glaze Soy Aioli Chimichurri
Medium spice
Medium prep time
Chicken Anticuchos
2 2oz. Chicken Tenderloin skewers Mole Sauce marinade (ancho and pasilla chiles, chicken stock, balsamic vinegar, chocolate, garlic, toasted pepitas, sesame seeds, peanuts, almonds Toasted Sesame Seeds Serrano Peanuts Sherry Gastrique
Nutty and earthy, generally mild.
Medium to long prep time
Shrimp Anticuchos
3 8-12U Prawns
Soy and Panca Chiles, marinade
Chimichurri
Soy Aioli
Medium Spice
Medium prep time
