Gracetown

Ben and Jacqui - wedding. Prevelly.

Date Day (with Henry)

Pork chuc with green tortillas and pumpkin seed dip

Pork 

Marinate pork fillet chopped into thin minute steaks in 3 lime and 1 orange juice and salt and pepper for 20- 30 mins. Drain juice and reserve. 

Saute in a pan until golden.

Add the reserved juice and simmer gently for about 5 mins. 

2 red onion cut in half and peeled with pepper and salt wrap well in aluminium foil. Roast over fire or in oven 

Chop the roasted red onions into slices and mix with lime juice. 

 

Dip

1/2 Red onion cut in half and peeled with pepper and salt wrap well in aluminium foil. 

3 tomatoes in half with salt and pepper and wrap in aluminium foil. 

Cook over the fire or in an oven. 

Can also use banana leaves instead of aluminium foil. 

Blend a cup of roasted then ground pumpkin seeds with mashed tomatoes and onion pieces and coriander leaves.

Chaya tortillas 

2 large handfuls of Chaya (substitute with spinach)

Put in food processor or cut very finely

Mix equal parts water and cornflour 

400g flour with 400mL water for 10 people 

Mix with a pinch of salt and the Chaya 

Knead until smooth and then shape into bowls and squash into tortilla 

For chayita fold into three 

Deep fry until golden around the edges 

Tortilla and fajitas

1kg flour (corn) 

1L water 

Pinch of salt 

Squash between two plates 

Cook with no oil in hot pan 

Chicken marinate in lime, salt, pepper

Cook chicken

Separately cook onion, capsicum red and green 

Add chicken lime juice and then at end coriander. 

Beans

Cook chorizo in crumbles 

Add beans and simmer 

Tipon

Terraces with flowing water.

Pisac markets

Talked up as the best markets in the region.
I preferred cusco San pedro markets. Cheaper and less touristy than pisac.
Still fun for a look.
We ate at one of the restaurants near the veg market and I was food poisoned. Luckily it only made me sick for the afternoon.