Add the hen back to the pan, then pour within the red wine and add the bouquet garni. Simmer over a medium heat for quarter-hour, till reduced and syrupy, earlier than including the tomato paste and rooster stock. Once the hen is cooked, add the diced shallots and fry for a minute before adding half of the reserved nam jim sauce.

Some are not more than two paragraphs, however every one involves the straightforward alchemy of nice ingredients and layering of flavour. Mexico has never felt additional away but the cooking has by no means been so near home. Sydney “tamale queen” Rosa Cienfuegos’ new cookbook Comida Mexicana was written with Australian house cooks in thoughts, using ingredients that may be found domestically .

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