Miscellaneous

	La Costeņa Whole Tomatillos Tin 794g Price: £3.00 Quantity in Basket: none
Very famous brand of whole tomatillos, drain and use in your favourite tomatillo recipes in a handy domestic size, for larger sizes please go to the catering section of this website. Ingredients: whole tomatillos, water, salt, citric acid.
	San Miguel Nopalitos (sliced tender cactus) 780g tin Price: £2.90 Quantity in Basket: none
San Miguel brand in a tin. Sliced cactus in brine, not picled so it is good for cactus stews, produce of Mexico Ingredients: tender cactus, salt, citric acid, water. Once opened store chilled and use within 5 days
	La Costena Nopalitos (sliced tender cactus) 440g jar Price: £2.50 Quantity in Basket: none
Pickled cactus in a jar, great for cactus salads. Ingredients: tender cactus, water, onion, cilantro, serrano peppers, iodized salt, vinegar
	Whole Pickled Green Jalapeņos 160g Price: £1.50 Quantity in Basket: none
4 whole pickled chile jalapeņos in pickling juice in a stand up pouch. Ingredients: chile jalapeņos, water, vinegar, salt, vegetable oil, trace of calcium chloride, spices
	Flor de Jamaica 100g Price: £2.50 Quantity in Basket: none
Great to make as a hot spicy tea for the winter, just add 1 clove and a cinnamon stick when adding boiling water and sugar. Dried hibiscus flowers to make agua fresca or tea. Refreshing, full of vitamin C and apparently good good for your kidneys. Steep in water and add sugar to taste.
	Tamarind Paste 400g Price: £2.40 Quantity in Basket: none
Tamarind paste to make agua fresca tamarindo, also good in glazes, sauces and sweets.
	Horchata Syrup 175g Price: £1.76 Quantity in Basket: none
Rice syrup, dilute to make a refreshing drink. 175g will mix with 1 litre of water, stir and serve over ice with a sprinkling of powdered cinnamon. Price includes VAT of 17.5% Ingredients: rice, almonds, sugar, sodium benzoate, citric acid
	Jarritos Mandarin Soda 20cl Price: £1.20 Quantity in Basket: none
Mexican Mandarin Soda! Ingredients: carbonated water, sugar, concentrated mandarin juice, acid regulator e-330, natural and artificial flavours, stabalizers e-414, e-440, e-445, colourants e-102, e-110, dimeticarbonate e-242
	Jarritos Piņa Soda 20cl Price: £1.20 Quantity in Basket: none
Mexican Pineapple Soda! Ingredients: see above
	Vanilla Pods 20g (approx 6) Price: £4.80 Quantity in Basket: none
Vanilla originates from Mexico, use in chocolate drinks or puddings. Prized for its rich warm flavour and aroma.
	Mexican Vanilla Pods min 6g (2 pods) Price: £4.80 Quantity in Basket: none
It has been a long time coming but we have Mexican vanilla pods, they are expensive but the long slow maturation process that causes the expense makes it very worth while. The smell is a little citrusy, with notes of liquorice and toasted marshmallows. These are big, sticky glossy pods!
	Canela 60g Price: £2.60 Quantity in Basket: none
Cinnamon is used extensively in both sweet and savoury Mexican dishes. In Mexico you will find soft quills of cinnamon labelled as "Mexican cinnamon". In fact cinnamon does not grow in Mexico but it refers to the Sri Lankan variety rather than the harsher cassia bark. As labelling laws in the US and Mexico do not make it a requirement to label differently as we do, they refer to the soft bark quills as "Mexican".
	Tortilla Press Price: £14.10 Quantity in Basket: none
Used to make corn tortillas ONLY. 185mm diameter press. For making tortillas of up to 150mm. Comes with instruction leaflet. Please click on the picture of the press to see instructions, these presses are to be used only for masa dough tortillas. Price includes VAT of 17.5% Remember to order some masa. Nothing else will do.
	Chocolate and Chilli by Isabel Hood Price: £11.99 Quantity in Basket: none
Chocolate and Chilli, Stars of the Mexican cocina, by Isabel Hood At last a Mexican cookery book from a British perspective. Isabel's vivid writing effortlessly transports you to Mexico as she looks, tastes and smells her way around the country, giving us recipes to cook for people we love. 285 pages with illustrations by Philip Hood