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Visiting Santa Fe - Santa Fe Recipes

Santa Fe's cuisine is justifiably world famous, and not just for the red and green chiles that star in an amazing array of regional dishes.

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Traditional northern New Mexico foods like green chile stew and enchiladas blanketed with red chile are still handmade daily, as they've been for decades, in dozens of restaurants and eagerly devoured by locals and visitors alike. But many local chefs are experimenting in new ways with regional ingredients, creating a contemporary Santa Fe cuisine reflecting multiple influences. The result is an enticing and impressive feast of flavors found only in Santa Fe.

The recipes included here, contributed by some of Santa Fe's finest chefs, provide a sampler of our celebrated Santa Fe flavors.

Recipe Index
Chunky Avocado Salsa
Corn Cakes with Calabacitas and Queso Blanco Salsa
Green Chile Stew
Grilled Paella Under Sausage
Vegetable Tamales with Red Chile Sauce

Chunky Avocado Salsa

Courtesy of Santa Fe School of Cooking

This is just a slightly different version of guacamole. This dish needs to be made at the last minute. Ideally, don't let it stand for more than 30 minutes and after you have made it, press a piece of plastic wrap onto the surface of the dish. Good, ripe, Haas avocados are the key ingredient!

Serves 8

3 ripe plum tomatoes, diced
Serrano chiles to taste
Minced garlic, optional
1 medium red onion, diced
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
3 large, ripe Haas avocados
Freshly squeezed lime juice to taste
Kosher salt to taste

1. Combine the tomatoes, chiles, garlic, onion and cilantro. Set aside.
2. Cut the avocados in half, running a knife around the pit from stem to blossom end and back again; twist the halves in opposite directions to free the pits and pull the halves apart. Cut each half into large chunks. Add to tomato mixture and stir gently to combine.
3. Season the salsa with lime juice and salt.