Mexican Food and Homemade Ice Cream

Every so often I get a craving for my Mom's Mexican Meat Mix. It's soooo good and most of my family loves it...my son would rather just have regular 'ol tacos.

Mexican Meat Mix
courtesy of my Mom, with some alterations

5 lbs. Beef Roast (I use a chuck roast)
3 T. Crisco
1 large onion, chopped
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1 4-oz. can chopped green chilis
1 14-oz. jar green chili salsa
4 T. flour
4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cumin
Juice from Roast

Place roast in crockpot and cook on low 6-8 hours. I start out with a frozen roast, so it takes 8 hours on low. Do not add salt or liquids to the roast. Drain meat, save juices, cool meat, remove bones (if any), shred and set aside.

Melt Crisco in large skillet; add onions and garlic. Saute onions and garlic until just beginning to carmelize, then add green chilis, saute 1 minute. Add salsa, flour, salt and cumin. Cook 1 minute over medium-low heat. Stir in meat juices and meat, cook 5 minutes until thicken.

From this recipe you can make, green chili burros or chimichangas. It's also good with tortilla chips.

Mexican Meat Mix can be frozen up to 6 months.

Homemade Ice Cream

1 cup plus 2 T. sugar
3 T. flour
1/4 tsp. salt
2 1/2 cups milk
2 eggs, beaten
2 cups whipping cream
1 T. vanilla

Combine sugar, flour and salt in saucepan. Gradually stir in milk. Cook over medium heat approximately 15 minutes or until thickened, stirring constantly.

Gradually stir about 1 cup of hot mixture into the beaten eggs. Add to remaining hot mixture, stirring constantly. Cook 1 minute; remove from heat. Refrigerate 2 hours. Combine whipping cream and vanilla in large bowl; add chilled mixture, stirring with wire whisk to combine. Freeze as directed in the ice cream maker of your choice.

Makes 2 quarts

Cocoa Brownies
Adapted from Alton Brown

4 large eggs
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
8 oz. butter, melted
1 1/4 cups cocoa
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 cup flour
1/2 tsp. kosher salt
1 cup pecans, optional

Preheat oven to 350 and grease/flour 9x13 baking dish, set aside. In a mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, beat the eggs at medium speed until fluffy and light yellow. Add both sugars. Add remaining ingredients and mix to combine.

Pour batter into prepared baking dish and bake for 25-30 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool completely before cutting into.

I hope that you and your family enjoy this meal as much as mine does.

Enjoy!!!