I thought it might be nice to have traditional Mexican deserts. During my search of Rick Bayless's books and others, I am finding that many Mexican deserts resemble other well known North American treats. One even is an OOTC favourite (Pineapple Upside-Down cake, though its done in an oven-baked skillet). Anyway, here are the recipes. Your thoughts are very much appreciated. If you could reply by Wednesday, November 21 morning, that would be great, it being the cut-off time for food ordering.
Idea #1 - Volteado de Piña en Sartén (Pineapple Skillet Upside-Down Cake)
I have the St A recipe and I have Rick Bayless's recipe and we have plenty of tinned pineapple in the pantry
Idea #2 - Pay de Plátano (Spicy Plantain Pie) This is the tropical version of pumpkin pie, with very similar spices: allspice, cinnamon and cloves. The trick is finding the very ripe plantain (almost black)
Idea #3 - Flan de Cajeta (Caramel Flan) This is basically creme caramel - a baked custard with caramel sauce
Your thoughts on these and other deserts would be appreciated. I will bring the recipes for these three this weekend - so you can consider.
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David - why not get a couple of teams to do two Mexican desserts? Say, the upside down cake and the Flan? If you can't find ripe plantain for the other one which sounds great, what about substituting bananas in some way?
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