Papadzules

Name: Papadzules
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 larges leafy stems of epazote; 2 larges hard-cooked eggs, white and yolks separated and finely chopped; 225 grams ounces hulled raw pumpkin seeds, about 1 2/3 cups (313ml); 250 milliliters cup salsa; 1 scant teaspoon sea salt; 657 milliliters 1/2 cups water; 12 epazoteleaves (optional); 12 freshly made, warm corn tortillas, 5 to 5 1/2 inches (13-14cm) in diameter

Papadzules might be a good recipe to expand your side dish recipe box. This recipe serves 12. One portion of this dish contains about 7g of protein, 10g of fat, and a total of 124 calories. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and primal diet. A mixture of scant teaspoon sea salt, hard-cooked eggs, water, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty.

Instructions

Have ready a warmed, not hot, serving dish or warmed individual dishes.

Put the water, epazote, and salt into a small pan and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer for about 5 minutes.

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Epazote

Water

Salt

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Frying Pan

Spread the pumpkin seeds in a thin layer over the bottom of a large skillet and heat through gently over low heat, turning them over from time to time. The seeds will swell, but take care not to let them become even slightly golden or the sauce will lose its fresh green color. You might want to keep a lid handy because often some of the seeds will start jumping out of the pan.

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Pumpkin Seeds

Sauce

Seeds

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Frying Pan

Spread the seeds onto a metal tray to cool completely before grinding to avoid the blades seizing up with the volatile oil.

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Spread

Seeds

Cooking Oil

Using an electric coffee/spice grinder, grind a portion of the seeds at a time to a slightly textured consistency, 5 to 6 seconds. If the seeds are ground too fine, then it will be more difficult to extract the oil.

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Extract

Coffee

Seeds

Cooking Oil

Have a small glass bowl ready for the oil.

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Cooking Oil

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Bowl

Put the ground seeds onto a plate that has a slight ridge around the rim. Measure out 1/4 cup (63ml) of the epazote broth and little by little sprinkle it — don't, for goodness' sake, pour the whole lot — over the seeds and work it with your hands, first having put the telephone on automatic answering. Gradually add the liquid until you have a crumbly but cohesive paste.

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Epazote

Broth

Seeds

Sake

Tilt the plate a little to one side and put a folded cloth underneath to hold it in that position. Start squeezing the paste and you will see that drops of oil will begin to extrude.

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Cooking Oil

Add a little more warm liquid if necessary — you probably won't need the whole amount — and keep squeezing until you have collected almost 4 tablespoons of dark green oil. (This is pure vitamin E, and great for the hands.) Crumble the paste into a blender jar, add the remaining strained epazote broth, if desired, and blend until smooth.

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Epazote

Broth

Cooking Oil

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Blender

Transfer the sauce to a skillet and warm through over the lowest possible heat, stirring almost constantly because the starch content of the seeds begins to swell and the particles tend to coagulate in the bottom of the pan.

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Sauce

Seeds

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Frying Pan

Dip one of the warm tortillas into the sauce: it should be lightly covered. If the sauce is too thick, dilute it with a little extra warm water. Work as quickly as you can, dipping each tortilla into the sauce, holding it with tongs but supporting it with a spatula so you don't get left with a bit of broken tortilla in your tongs.

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Tortilla

Dip

Water

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Spatula

Tongs

Sprinkle some of the chopped egg across one-third of the tortilla, roll it up, and place it on the warmed dish.

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Tortilla

Roll

Egg

When all the papadzules are assembled, pour the remaining sauce over them. (If the sauce has thickened and become grainy looking, put it back into the blender with a little extra warm water and blend until smooth.) Now pour on the tomato sauce and sprinkle the chopped egg whites and yolks. Decorate with the optional epazote. As a final touch, spoon in little pools of the oil.

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Tomato Sauce

Egg Whites

Epazote

Sauce

Water

Egg Yolk

Cooking Oil

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Blender

Serve immediately or the oil will sink back into the sauce and all that work will have been for naught! Of course, it is more colorful and attractive to serve the papadzules together on one serving dish.

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Sauce

Cooking Oil

From My Mexican Kitchen

Clarkson Potter