Saturday night after pruning we had the brilliant idea of making Carnitas burritos! Oh, I can't even tell you how good it was to have a taste of home. Brian, Matt's brother, who is visiting from Switzerland told us that they had discovered an easy recipe for flour tortillas and that gave us the idea to make carnitas thanks to David Lebovitz who posted a recipe on his blog a few months back... (David is a cookbook author and former Chez Panisse chef who now lives in Paris, thousands of people live vicariously through his blog, it's one of my favorites - check it out.) To add to the Amerifest we asked our fellow expats Denis and Kirstin to come on over and partake it the gluttony.
Browned, slow cooked pork, then shredded mixed with lots of delicious Mexican spices and then cooked
again, slowly for a very long time. Closest thing to heaven I've ever experienced. My sister Molly was here too, she made some delicious guacamole and fresh salsa while Bri made the tortillas and Matt mixed up his famous Blood Orange Margaritas. Denis brought some good Mexican beer and we had all the fixins for a perfect burrito fiesta. I made my burrito so big, that it was impossible to roll up, which was disappointing since I had grand illusions of being able to roll and squish and roll and squish the tortilla into a perfect burrito, just like they do in the Mission. I guess I'll have to practice some more.
What a wonderful taste of home. It's funny, there's not too many things I miss, but good California Mexican food it one of the things that I long for from time to time. Now that we know it's not so hard, and we have David's amazing carnitas recipe, we'll be able to indulge more often! Thank you David.
glad you liked them! Reminds me that maybe this weekend, I'll make a batch. I have a stack of corn tortillas in the freezer from my last trip to Texas...
Posted by: David | February 27, 2008 at 03:37 PM
Nice to meet you.
An article of the cooking of your site served as a reference very much.
I linked to your site from my blog.
I am glad if I have you link to my blog.
http://deliciousfoodrecipe88.blogspot.com/
Posted by: pille | February 27, 2008 at 05:47 PM
Wow, home made flour tortillas! I don't even think I can get those here! (And where did someone find Mexican beer in your neck of the woods?!)
Posted by: Steve Lanum | February 27, 2008 at 09:25 PM
well, now I know what I'm making for dinner tonight.....
It looks delicious, and will be a first for me.
Posted by: Drink,Memory | February 29, 2008 at 03:16 PM