Haute Enchilada Cafe and Gallery Celebrates The Holidays With The Family Tradition Of Tamales

Top Quote Just Announced! The Solano Family, owners of the Haute Enchilada Cafe and Gallery in Moss Landing, are bringing the holiday tradition of tamale making to your family. End Quote
  • Salinas, CA (1888PressRelease) November 25, 2012 - For many families, Christmas is tamalada time, the time to crowd into a fragrant kitchen to make tamales. Wrapped in corn husks or banana leaves and filled with anything from pork to pineapple to squash blossoms, the steamy corn dumplings are most delicious.

    The Solano Family, owners of the Haute Enchilada Cafe and Gallery in Moss Landing, are bringing the holiday tradition of tamale making to your family. The Haute Enchilada Cafe and Gallery team scoops, smears, wraps and ties each tamale with love for your family. The kitchen team believes that the Haute Enchilada Cafe Tamale is swaddled with such care that they often refer to it as the "the baby" in true Yucatan tradition.

    From November 15th - December 31st stop by and order a TAMAL TASTER for $18- (One Tamalito of each flavor) Huitlacoche & Goat Cheese, Local Artichoke & Cheese, All Natural Pork Chile Verde, or All Natural Chicken Mole. Comes with one 8oz. salsa of your choice. 20% off if ordering 3 or more tasters.

    Did you know? The tradition of tamales is a direct connection to the most ancient traditions of Mexico and Central America. Some scholars of Mesoamerican civilization believe that leaf-wrapped tamales actually predate the tortilla. Long before the arrival of the Spaniards, Mesoamericans believed that the gods originally crafted humans out of corn. Quite literally, corn was their substance of life. Sometime after corn had been domesticated, the ancient Mexicans invented the process of nixtamalization, that is, soaking hard corn with ashes and water to remove the fibrous shell on the kernels and to render it digestible and nutritive to human beings. The treated corn kernels could then be ground and used in tamales or tortillas.

    If that wasn't enough to celebrate, November gets to be a little spicy and that's good, since it is getting cooler this time of year. Celebrate the pepper with the Haute Enchilada Cafe and Gallery's Fire Roasted Red Salsa or Salsa Verde 8oz.6.95/ 16oz 12.95/ 32oz. 25.95 or Roasted Chile Poblano Soup Prices 8oz. 3.95/16oz. 7.50/ 32oz. 15.50. Not in the mood for soup? Warm up with two signature pepper dishes:

    • Relleno Del Mar -- Roasted chile Pasilla battered and stuffed with Dungeness crab, fresh buffalo mozzarella cheese, sauced with sundried tomato cream sauce, Spanish rice or quinoa and black beans
    • Chile Relleno Trotsky -- Roasted chile Pasilla battered and stuffed with zucchini squash, jack and cheddar, drenched in house made mole sauce, served on bed of roasted Nopal (cactus) and black bean salad
    Background on the Haute Enchilada Cafe and Gallery: The Haute Enchilada Cafe and Gallery boasts an eclectic menu of sustainable seafood and local organic produce, wine and beer tasting plus two art galleries with local artists' original work. From palate to palette the Haute Enchilada Cafe and Gallery has something for everyone! Open daily from 10:00 a.m. for brunch, lunch and dinner The Haute Enchilada Cafe and Gallery exudes charm and atmosphere. Enjoy the outside courtyard warmed by heat lamps and chimineas while indulging yourself with Peruvian Ceviche and a Sparkling Malbec Fresh Fruit Sangria or if you prefer prefer Lamb wraps of hand crafted cumin scented lamb patties wrapped in organic butter lettuce leaves, tomato & sweet red onion, roasted vegetables, eggplant, red bell pepper, onion & mushrooms, finished with goat cheese and aioli dressing with crisp Chardonnay or a spicy Pinot. The restaurant also offers a full bar. The Haute Enchilada Cafe and Gallery is available for private events, banquets and on and offsite catering. Call today to book your holiday event.

    The Haute Enchilada Cafe and Gallery Café and Gallery
    7902 Moss Landing Rd
    Moss Landing
    (831) 633-5843
    www.hauteenchilada.com

    Media Contact: Marci Bracco
    831-747-7455

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