Makes 12 sopes; serves 6 as a snack or 4 as a main course Prepared masa is sold by the pound at most Mexican grocery stores along with fresh nopales, which are sold free of spines. Dilsa Lugo prefers ...

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1) To make sope bowls, combine the Maseca, water and salt into a large bowl and mix together until the texture is that of “play-dough”. If needed, add additional water or Maseca to reach this ...

If any food could be fun Karista Bennett says this is it! And it's versatile too. The creator of the blog, Karista's Kitchen, stopped by to share her recipe for a popular Mexican street food. Makes 10 ...

A sope (pronounced SO-pay) is a corn cake that’s essentially a thicker version of a corn tortilla, said Louis Lambert in Big Ranch, Big City Cookbook (Ten Speed Press). Its exterior is generally fried ...

Cinco de Mayo (on May 5), a celebration of the victory at the Battle of Puebla in 1862 by the Mexican Army over France, deserves more than a supper of leftovers folded into tortillas. Try sopes, ...

Deep-fry the prepared sopes in batches, turning as they cook, for 3-4 minutes, or until golden-brown and crisp. Remove to a paper towel-lined tray to drain, upside down. To serve, top each sope with ...

1 package of store bought sopes (a sope is a corn flour shell that is shaped like a little cup; thicker than a tortilla, the sope shell has the added benefit of a rim around the edge to keep in all of ...

I was invited to Julius, the Mexican restaurant run by Julio Reyes in the old Maennerchor building 1607 State St., to cook anything I wanted. I arrived ready with a plan. Julio also thought he was ...