parker624
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I am preparing brunch for approximately 30-40 people in a few weeks. Looking to spice it up from the usual bagels/lox/cream cheese, and was considering a mexican-themed brunch? I know there are lots of foodies on this board, so please respond with interesting ideas!
So far this is what I'm thinking:
frittata
enchilada casserole
guacamole
P.S. I was not going to serve any meat at this meal (it needs to be Kosher, so I'm just ruling it out altogether). Fish is OK, shellfish is not.
drew
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I always like chilaquiles, and might be tempted to pull the frittata in favor of huevos rancheros.
Agua frescas might be nice as an option for a breakfast beverage.
somertimeoh
Harrison West
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Huevos Rancheros. Yum!
My mom makes this breakfast sausage with velveeta cheese crockpot thing - basically queso with breakfast sausage. You eat it with warm tortillas. We use spicy sausage and garnish with onions and jalps.
Tamales are also great.
I have no idea how this fits in with your Kosher thing, but it's what I came up with :)
jillg
Westgate
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Chiles rellenos casserole:
http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,168,149180-237197,00.html
There are tons of variations of this recipe that you could probably find. Most are very easy and pretty good. Hard to get wrong.
roy
Downtown
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Mark Bittman/NYT published this great alternate to the frittata July 10 and we've made it many times since then. It can be adjusted to whatever vegetables you have on hand, or with cultural focus for your Mexican theme.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/15/dining/151mrex.html
More Vegetable Than Egg Frittata
somertimeoh
Harrison West
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Roy, make me a frittata! Seriously! Hi Roy :)
hungrywoolf
Victorian Village
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Huevos Rancheros are easy to make and you can let people customize their own. With all the great heirloom tomatoes in season you could make a wonderful fresh salsa. I highly recommend two silos eggs (which you can get at the Greener Grocer).
Horchata or Mexican hot chocolate could be good to offer as well as agua frescas.
Mark Bittman (The best recipes in the world) has a cucumber, jicama and fruit salad recipe.
You could also serve empanadas (vegetable or bean and cheese).
michaelcoyote
!seabus
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drew wrote >>
I always like chilaquiles
Yum!
You might also want to consider the similar dish, Migas which is pretty common in Spanish speaking parts of the world. I know I've seen meatless recipes (it's a common breakfast during lent) and it should be easy to make. It's not really Mexican, but you see it in authentic Tex-Mex all the time, and I did have it in Spain with bread instead of tortilla..
Here's an interesting preparation: http://smittenkitchen.com/2009/03/migas-with-tomato-chipotle-coulis/
You will of course have to drop the chorizo to keep it Kosher, but you can put in some olive oil, roasted peppers and herbs and spices and I'm betting it will come out amazing..
Cookie
Flyntonville
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joev
Merion Village
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I made a very quick quasi-Mexican dinner last night. I made fish (turbot) tacos in small corn tortillas, topped with a few types of quick pickles and slices of avocado, then dolloped with creamy yogurt. I pickled cucumber slices in lime juice, salt and chili flakes, red onion in lemon juice and salt, and thinly bias-sliced celery with red wine vinegar and coriander seed. It was extremely low effort, and about 3 minutes of prep time - great for a crowd. Not sure whether it's OK to mix fish and diary under Kosher rules, but if not, you could whip the avocado into a creamy topping.
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