Guatemalan Garnachas

The art, textiles, ceramics, jewelry, and more at the International Folk Art Market every summer are beautiful vessels of culture. They carry the history, heritage, and personal creativity of their makers...and enable us to carry these messages home when we purchase.

Because food is another way in which culture makes its way around the world, we asked five of IFAM's artists to share recipes they make and eat with gusto. You can make them for your friends and family and share your thoughts about beauty and craft in the conversation that will doubtless kindle and spark.

GUATEMALAN GARNACHAS RECIPE

Recipe courtesy of Multicolores. Visit Multicolores, a cooperative of visionary Mayan rug makers, at the International Folk Art Market this summer. folkartmarket.org

 Ingredients

• 10 corn tortillas

• Oil to taste

• 1 onion, chopped

• 3 tomatoes

• 1 garlic clove

• 1/2 lb cooked minced meat

• Worcestershire sauce to taste

• Mayonnaise and mustard

• 1 lettuce, chopped in thin, long strips

• 1 lemon

• Homemade tomato sauce

Instructions

1.     Fry the tortillas in very hot oil until golden brown, and then leave them on a paper napkin to release the oil.

2.     Chop the onion, tomato, garlic, and fry everything.

3.     When the onion, tomato, and garlic begin to take on color, add the cooked minced meat.

4.     Let it cook a little so that it loses a little water, then add the salt and a little Worcestershire sauce. Remove from heat and let cool.

5.     On each tortilla spread a little mustard, mayonnaise and put some strips of julienned lettuce.

6.     Squeeze a few drops of lemon over the lettuce and add a little salt. 

7.     Place the meat preparation on top of the lettuce and add a little tomato sauce on top of it. 

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