This baked dish combines two favorites. It’s perfect for New Year’s pippolas: you can put it together in advance and put the box in the oven before eating.
Combine Nachos and minced meat for nacho lasagna. Rosa Bröijer
Texmex food has come to Finland to stay. It is a favorite of both adults and children. Bistro chef Risto Mikkola not surprised at all.
– Texmex cuisine offers a lot of fresh and fiery flavors, Mikkola states.
According to Mikkola, Texmex is perfect for the New Year.
– There is rocket fire outside, as well as on the tongue, he laughs.
To celebrate the New Year, Mikkola decided to combine two favorite dishes, Nachos and lasagna. Nacho lasagna was born.
– This is really nice food. Plus, it’s easy. Make ground meat sauce, add taco seasoning, jalapenos and prepare salsa sauce. Whole coriander seeds give baked food a fun additional flavor and mouthfeel, says Mikkola.
You can assemble the nacholasagne in advance, but heat it up just before eating. With Nacholasagne we eat salsa, limes metana and of course nachos. Coriander is available both as a fresh herb and as a seed.
Texmex also has fresh flavors like salsa. Rosa Bröijer
Did you know?
- Texmex is a combination of the food culture of two countries.
- As the name suggests, they are Texas and Mexico (Texas and Mexico).
- Texmex is American food influenced by Mexican cuisine.
- The food often includes Mexican tortillas or nachos and hot sauce.
- Finland’s first Tex-Mex restaurant, Cantina West, opened in Helsinki in 1990.
- It wasn’t until the 1990s that grocery stores started to get more diverse ingredients that also belong to Mexican cuisine.
- Nowadays, there are many shelves of Texmex food and schools offer Texmex.
Texmex is well suited for New Year’s celebrations. Rosa Bröijer
Nacholasagna
1 large onion chopped
6 cloves of garlic, sliced
2 fresh jalapeños, sliced
400 g ground beef
2 tablespoons of rapeseed oil
4 tablespoons of taco seasoning mix
1 teaspoon of salt
1 cup (230 g) chunky salsa
1 tablespoon coriander seeds
2 dl of water
about 300 g of nachos
2 cans of runny processed cheese (e.g. Valio Koskenlaskija food & dip 250 g cheddar)
2 dl grated cheddar
1 pot chopped cilantro
100 g cherry tomatoes in halves
1. Add rapeseed oil and minced meat to the frying pan, fry it until cooked. Add the onions, jalapenos, coriander seeds, taco seasoning and salt.
2. Simmer for a while and mix in the salsa and 2 dl water. Simmer for 5–10 min on low heat. Check the taste.
3. Spoon nachos, minced meat, processed cheese into the baking dish in layers. Make a few layers. Sprinkle grated cheese on top.
4. Bake in a 180-degree oven for 20 minutes. Finish with cilantro and halved cherry tomatoes.
Fresh salsa
200 g red cherry tomatoes, sliced
200 g yellow cherry tomatoes, sliced
1 red onion, chopped
1 tsp coriander, chopped
Juice of 1 lime
1 chili, chopped
1 clove of garlic, crushed
1 tablespoon of brandy vinegar
0.5 dl rapeseed oil
salt
pepper
sugar
1. Mix all the ingredients together, season and let it season for a while, serve.
Limestone
1 cup sour cream
juice of half a lime
1. Mix the ingredients and whisk with a whisk.
Drink recommendation
American McManis Petite Syrah (€15.69) is from the Lodi area of California, which is located south of Sacramento. The aroma of the intense purple wine has black berries, toffee and chocolate oak. The wine is rich and sophisticated, and has a soft mocha feel.