Our cookbook of the week is Tu Casa Mi Casa: Mexican Recipes for the Home Cook by acclaimed chef Enrique Olvera with Luis Arellano, Gonzalo Goût and Daniela Soto-Innes. This herbaceous version, created by co-author Luis Arellano of Criollo in Oaxaca, “is how we approach guacamole,” adds Olvera. There’s a big discussion in Mexico if guacamole has lime or it doesn’t have lime. I say, put lime if you want.”In Oaxaca, Arellano makes guacamole with anise-scented chepiche, chepil and hoja santa. Makes: 2-3 cups (480-720 g)Adapted from Tu Casa Mi Casa: Mexican Recipes for the Home Cook by Enrique Olvera with Luis Arellano, Gonzalo Goût, Daniela Soto-Innes, and with a foreword by Peter Meehan (Phaidon, $49.95, March 27, 2019)

Source: National Post April 29, 2019 13:18 UTC