Host the Season’s Best Holiday Party with These Recipes from Mexico’s Most Luxurious Resorts

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 onion, roughly chopped
• 1 clove garlic, diced
• 3 T butter
• 1 lb green beans, ends trimmed
• 1/2 vanilla bean, sliced lengthwise
• 8 oz heavy cream
• 8 oz chicken or vegetable stock
• salt & pepper
• edible flowers, for garnish

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Blanch the green beans in a large pot of boiling salted water for 2 minutes. Drain & shock in an ice bath. Reserve a handful of cooked beans to garnish.
• In a large saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Sweat the onion & garlic until translucent, 5–7 minutes.
• Scrape the seeds from the vanilla bean. Add the seeds & the pod to the pot along with the cream. Cook over medium heat for 3 minutes to fully infuse flavors.
• Remove vanilla pod from the pot & add green beans & salt, to taste. In a blender, blend until creamy.
• Serve in heated bowls, garnish with reserved green beans, sliced lengthwise, & edible flower petals.

INGREDIENTS:

• 1000 g flour 
• 350 g gen gluten flour
• 10 gr yeast
• 20 gr salt 
• 100 ml extra virgin olive oil 
• 700 ml water, depending on the humidity

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Mix the two flours in water, dissolve the yeast, begin to mix the flours with the water and once it’s mixed add the salt and the olive oil, as a suggestion put water in your hands so the dough won’t stick. 
• Distribute the dough in an oven tray previously greased with olive oil. Once the dough has been distributed let it sit until it doubles in volume, when done press the dough with your fingers and add a little more water and olive oil.

INGREDIENTS:

• 200 gr clean lobster pulp
• 100 ml vegetable oil
• 1 celery 
• 1 ginger wedge
• ½ serrano chili 
• coriander 
• 1 egg 
• 1 lemon 
• fish broth 
• 1 diced onion

INSTRUCTIONS:

• In a pan fry the lobster pulp until golden brown and well cooked. Put aside and let it cool. 
• In a casserole cook the celery, ginger, serrano chili and coriander with the vegetable oil, cook at low heat until golden brown. Reserve and cool. 
• Blend the egg and the cooked vegetables at medium speed. Add the remaining vegetable oil little by little until a mayonnaise is formed. 
• Mix the lobster with the mayonnaise, add chopped coriander and serrano chili, lemon juice and seasoned with salt and pepper to taste.

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 oz hot water 
• 1 sachet chamomile 
• 1 sachet peppermint 
• 2 oz apple juice 
• ¼ oz lemon juice 
• 4 mint leaves 
• 1 tb sugar 
• ¼ oz grenadine

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Prepare the Tea infusion with hot water.
• Pour into a glass with ice and with the other ingredients. 
• Add crushed peppermint.

INGREDIENTS:

• 4 pieces pineapple peels  
• 2 pieces cinnamon bark  
• 2 whole cloves  
• 5 liters water  
• 500 g unrefined sugar (preferably piloncillo) 

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Combine all ingredients in a jar and let sit for three days. 
• Then strain and add ice to have a home-made tepache.  

To make a Tepache Pina Colada:

• Combine 3 ounces of the tepache, with an ounce of pineapple juice, with 2 tablespoons of grated coconut and your favorite rum.  
• Serve in a margarita glass and garnish with a fresh slice of pineapple.