Lots of cooking this weekend

We did one of our wine/food dinners Saturday. This time the theme was Central Mexican. At first, I was concerned that this region lacked the flavor and spice of Northern and Oaxacan Mexican, but we were more than pleasantly surprised at how everything turned out. Not one dish bombed and most of them were fantastic.
The menu was taken entirely from The Mexico the Beautiful Cookbook (which by the way is a great cookbook but a horrible disaster to cook with because the book is so darn big and won't fit anywhere)
Our menu:


Mexican Dinner, II

(May 9, 2009)


Starters (from Jalisco)

Melted cheese with mushroom and chile, German Riesling or Pinot Gris

Chicken Tostado, Albarino


Soup

Sopa de pasta, Riesling or Pinot Gris


Mains

Green Enchiladas (from Aquascalientes), Cote de Rhones and Red Burgundy

Sailfish with tomato sauce, (Colima), Sangiovese and Barbara


Sides (the sides will be served with the mains)

Green rice with poblano (Morelos)

Green beans with onion and tomato (Guanajuato)

Dessert

Flan

Mango Sorbet (Colima), Asti or Champagne

Tres Leches Cake (Guerrero)