CULINARY THUMBNAIL
Here are the main characteristics of this state's cuisine:
- in arid highlands "classic
Spanish" cuisine predominates
- in rugged mountains diverse Indian
cultures affect local cuisines
- easternmost fringe in hot, humid
lowlands with its tropical produce
- the city of Puebla is a
"gastronomic heartland" for central Mexico because of its history straddling the
main route between the Gulf Coast and Mexico City; Puebla is famous for its very complex
"Baroque" recipes
TRADITIONAL DISHES TO LOOK FOR
- Mole Poblano
-- a very rich, thick sauce made from several kinds of pepper and a remarkable number of
seasonings, which vary from recipe to recipe, and which can number over a hundred
different items. Among the prime ingredients of one recipe are ground peanuts, sesame and
anise seed, cinnamon, salt, black pepper, sugar, garlic, onion, clove, coriander,
tortilla, wheat bread, tomato, raisins, lard, pieces of pork, and... chocolate.
- Chalupas --
oval or round cornmeal-based shells with raised rims so that they can be filled with
hot-sauce and sprinkled with white cheese
- Molotes --
small cornmeal-and-cheese-based "biscuits" with a variety of stuffings, such as
pig brains, macerated meat, potatoes with pork sausage, squash flowers, or corn-smut
fungus
- Chilies en Nogada
-- green chilies stuffed with ground beef and topped with walnut sauce and pomegranate
seeds
- Barbacoa de Puerco
-- barbecued pig
SWEETS
- Cocada -- dessert composed
of coconut, egg, and sugar, sometimes also milk, pineapple, jícama, or even wine
- Jamoncillo -- finely
ground nuts or seeds, especially pumpkin, pine-nuts, or peanuts, prepared with milk and
sugar
TRADITIONAL ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
- Nevado --
whisky and fruit
- Acachú -- in Zacapoaxtla,
Puebla, a liquor of the capulín cherry
- Chumiate -- fruit liqueur
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Information on this page based on
material presented in Gastronomía: Atlas cultural de México,
1988, an extensive and well illustrated work by various authors, published by the
Secretaría del Educación Pública, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia in
Mexico City.
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