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Recipes with tostadas

3 recipes that use tostadas, with photos, step-by-step instructions and cook times. The quickest, Ceviche acapulqueño, takes 35 minutes. It is most often cooked with dried mexican oregano, avocado and boneless pork shoulder.

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Ceviche acapulqueño

On the beaches of Acapulco, vendors sell ceviche in tall glasses with saltine crackers and tostadas: small cubes of white fish in lime with tomato, onion, green olives, chilli, a sweet streak of ketchup and fresh orange juice, eaten cold on a hot afternoon. The classic version is raw fish 'cooked' only by lime, which does not kill bacteria or parasites, so that version is not for pregnant women, young children or anyone with a weakened immune system. This safer recipe gently poaches the fish until just opaque, then chills it and dresses it in the same tangy, sweet-sharp mixture, so it keeps the firm, fresh texture. Serve with tostadas, crackers and slices of avocado. Chef's tip: dice the vegetables very small and the same size as the fish, so every spoonful has a bit of everything.

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Pozole blanco

Before any chilli goes in, this is what pozole tastes like: the white version eaten across Jalisco and in Guadalajara's pozolerías, especially on Independence night and at family gatherings. It is a pork dish, made with pork shoulder and a pig's trotter that gives the clear broth a silky body, simmered with big, chewy kernels of hominy until everything is tender. All the colour and fire are added at the table, where each person piles on shredded cabbage, radish, onion, crumbled oregano, ground dried chilli and a good squeeze of lime. Tostadas spread with crema are the usual side. Chef's tip: cook the meat a day ahead and chill the broth; the fat sets on top and lifts off in one sheet, leaving the broth beautifully clean.

205 minMexicanSoupsGluten free
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Pozole verde de Guerrero

In Chilpancingo and Chilapa, Thursday is jueves pozolero, and families and office crowds fill the pozolerías for this green version. Unlike our vegetarian pozole verde, this is a pork dish with chicken too: pork shoulder and chicken thighs simmer with hominy, then the broth is thickened with a sauce of toasted pumpkin seeds, tomatillos, chilli and epazote, so it turns creamy, nutty and bright green. Bowls go to the table with avocado, crisp pork chicharrón, onion, oregano, lime and tostadas. Epazote can be hard to find: use fresh oregano plus a few coriander stalks instead. Chef's tip: toast the pumpkin seeds only until they puff and start to pop; darker seeds make the broth brown and bitter.

185 minMexicanSoupsGluten free
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Goes well with tostadas