Cornish Pirates

Love Food Hate Waste
12th November 2009

The Pirates are delighted to be part of the nationwide Love Food Hate Waste campaign.

 The campaign is aimed to encourage Britain to reconsider and address the horrible amount of food we throw in the bin each day – estimated to be well over 20% of what’s bought!

 The Pirates endorse the south west’s campaign alongside Radio Devon presenter Judi Spiers, swimmer Sharon Davies and the Plymouth Raiders.

As part of our involvement we have included a reciepe from our own club chef, Maria Gracida. Maria’s fabulous burritos can be made with all sorts of leftovers and create a great meal served with her home made salsa.

For more information about her salsa and other recipe ideas go to ww.casamariastore.com

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Maria’s Mexican Burritos
Serves 6 people  (2 large burritos each)

Ingredients:

The Filling

1 kg of lean minced steak

1 large onion, (finely chopped)

4 garlic cloves (finely chopped)

2 green fresh chillies (or more if you like it hotter), finely chopped

Pinch of salt

Freshly milled pepper

2 tsp of ground cumin

3 tsp of dried oregano

A 400g can of chopped tinned tomatoes/ or fresh chopped tomatoes without skin

1 tbsp of tomato puree

You can add raw vegetables such as diced carrots, potatoes, peppers, courgettes, frozen peas etc. Or any leftover cooked vegetables you may have in your fridge.

A 400g can of borlotti beans, drained

Large bunch of fresh chopped coriander

The Burritos

6 tortillas, wheat flour ones are widely available in the supermarkets or traditional corn tortillas also suitable.

2 jars of Maria’s homemade Salsa, ( ww.casamariastore.com ) 01736 367353

300gms (approx.) of grated mature cheddar cheese

Salad Topping

Shredded iceberg lettuce to use as topping

Optional: Add sweet corn, chopped cucumber, peppers, and / or radishes to the lettuce

Method

Brown the minced steak in a large frying pan.

Add the onion and garlic and brown a bit more.

Add chillies, salt, pepper, cumin, and oregano and cook further for a couple of minutes.

Put in the tomatoes, tomato paste and any vegetables you may want.

Cook for further 15 minutes, or until the vegetables soften

Stir in the borlotti beans and leave for 2 more minutes.

Add the coriander, and switch off.

Set aside and keep warm.

Making the Burritos

Fill each tortilla with mince, and then roll it up before placing it in an oven dish Fill the dish with as many burritos as necessary in a single layer

Pour some of the salsa on top of each burrito without drowning them in it

Cover all the burritos with grated cheese and bake in a moderate oven

(180 degrees C) until the cheese is melted, and slightly crispy

Put two burritos on each plate cover with the salad topping

Serve with warmed up Maria’s Salsa to add more zing and optional sour cream.

Eat and Enjoy!

Note:

The mince can also be replaced with diced chicken, or any leftover meat that you may have in the fridge.

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