Taco Végan x3 — Taco & co, Nice
Nopales (cactus), mushrooms, corn, peppers, pico de gallo (tomatoes, onions, coriander, lime), guacamole and black bean purée
Price : €16.50
Ingredients
- Corn tortilla — A small nixtamalised corn flatbread, the base of Mexican tacos. A toasted corn taste.
- Black bean purée
- Nopal cactus — Prickly pear pad, a common vegetable in Mexico. Green, slightly tangy
- Button mushrooms — Named after the Paris quarries where they were grown in the 19th century. A woody taste and a tender texture.
- Sweetcorn — A cereal domesticated in Mexico about nine thousand years ago. Sweet, popping kernels.
- Red pepper — Brought from the Americas in the 16th century, it is the sweet cousin of the chilli. Crunchy, sweet flesh.
- Fresh salsa — Chopped tomato, onion, chilli and coriander, Mexican-style. Fresh and spicy.
- Guacamole — An avocado purée from Mexico; its name comes from the Nahuatl ahuacamolli. Buttery avocado lifted with lime.