Mexican Inspired

  • Mexican Maverick Burger

    Mexican Maverick Burger

    By Barry Horne

    (Serves 2)

    Ingredients:
    2 Maverick Burgers
    1 Avocado
    1 Lime
    2 Fresh tortillas (10cm)
    2tbsp Original Recipe cheese and jalapeno sauce (only available online)
    2 x Brioche buns
    Salt
    Pepper
    100ml Vegetable oil

    Method:
    Heat the vegetable oil in a saucepan and fry the fresh tortillas on a medium heat for around a minute either side until crispy. Drain the tortillas on kitchen paper and put to the side.
    To make the guacamole, mash the avocado, season with salt and pepper and squeeze lime to taste.
    Cook the Maverick Burgers in a frying pan for 2-3 mins either side.
    To assemble toast the brioche bun, put the guacamole on the bottom layer, next the Maverick burger then place your tostada (crispy tortilla) on top of the burger, add as much of the cheese sauce as you like and place the lid on top. 
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  • Pork Belly Tacos by Barry Horne

    Pork Belly Tacos by Barry Horne
    Prepare the pickled onion an hour ahead. Finley slice the onion and mix all the ingredients together in a bowl. You can double the batch and keep the onion you don't use in the fridge to go with  all your other meals, it's delicious!
    Put a frying pan on a medium high heat, add the pork belly (no need for oil, there is enough fat in the belly), and cook for 7-8 mins to render all the fat from the belly and it starts to crisp up.
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  • Roast Lamb Tacos with Pico de Gallo & Green Sauce

    Roast Lamb Tacos with Pico de Gallo & Green Sauce
    Preheat oven to 200ºC, put the lamb shoulder in a deep roasting tray and season well with salt and pepper. Place in the oven and cook for 10-15 mins to get some colour on the shoulder.
    Remove from the oven and add the white wine and the garlic bulb to the tray (hold back two large cloves for the green sauce), cover with foil and turn oven down to 150ºC.
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