"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> "Dimitri" > wrote in message
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>> I spent many of my teen age years in Mexico City.
>>
>> Our "girl" Lupe had charge of the house and the kitchen. If I wanted to
>> eat or to practice my Spanish I hung out in the kitchen with Lupe.
>>
>> One of our favorite dishes was Enchiladas Suissas invented by and made
>> famous by Sanborns in down town
>>
>> Here how Lupe made them:
>>
>> She simmered a Chicken and stripped off the meat saving the broth.
>>
>> She then stripped off the outer husks from a bunch of tomatillos and par
>> boiled them for several minutes.
>>
>> When tender the added them to a blender with a small amount of the
>> boiling water and liquefied adding several Serrano chilies. She then
>> heated a little oil and added the liquefied sauce to the hot pan adding a
>> minced white onion and several cloves (teeth) of garlic, allowing the
>> sauce to simmer and stay simmering.
>>
>> She then heated a pan of oil (maybe 1/2 inch or so).
>>
>> The fresh corn tortillas were then dipped into the oil to soften and then
>> into the tomatillo sauce then filled with chicken and some kind of fresh
>> white cheese.
>>
>> The rolled enchiladas were placed into an open casserole pan and placed
>> in the oven with a small amount of sauce spooned over the top.
>>
>> When served I remember she called the cream, creama agria (sour cream)
>> with extra sauce spooned over the plate & the cream on the top.
>>
>> A nice memory - once in a while I walk into a Mexican joint that smells
>> like Lupe's kitchen.
>>
>> Dimitri
>
> That "fresh white cheese" was probably oaxaca. It's wonderful and melts
> beautifully Thanks for the story and the method, Dimitri! I love
> enchiladas.
>
> Jill

IIRC the invention of Enchiladas Suissas had nothing to do with Swiss Cheese
but rather a tribute to the Swiss Dairy industry hence the sour cream and
cheese.

A wonderful classic.

Dimitri