El Padron Recipes

Steps:

• Cook tomato on a ridged grill pan over medium-high heat until slightly blackened, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and cool until easily handled. Peel off skin and remove seeds.
• Bring a small pot of water to a boil. Add guajillo and ancho chile peppers; cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Drain.
• Combine tomato flesh, softened chile peppers, 2 slices pineapple, orange juice, quartered onion, vinegar, chipotle peppers, salt, garlic, cloves, cumin seeds, and oregano in a blender; blend until smooth.
• Arrange pork slices in a glass or ceramic baking dish. Pour blended mixture over pork, ensuring all sides are evenly coated. Cover baking dish with plastic wrap.
• Marinate pork in the refrigerator, 4 hours to overnight.
• Cook remaining pineapple slices on a ridged grill pan over medium-high heat until slightly blackened and soft, about 5 minutes per side. Chop into small pieces.
• Wipe out grill pan and preheat over medium-high heat. Cook marinated pork in the hot pan, turning once, until browned, 4 to 5 minutes.
• Chop pork coarsely into small pieces against the grain. Serve with pineapple, chopped onion, and cilantro.

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan over a high heat. Fry the peppers, stirring frequently, for 5 mins until blistered and wilted. The peppers should be soft and slightly charred.
• Transfer the peppers to a serving plate and season with some sea salt. Serve with dips or as part of a tapas spread.

Steps:

• First, make the padron pepper agave syrup. Tip the agave syrup, 50ml water and the peppers into a blender and blitz until well-combined. Strain.
• Put the mezcal, liqueur, 25ml of the padron pepper agave syrup, the lime juice and a pinch of rock salt into a cocktail shaker and top up with ice. Shake until combined. Strain the cocktail into a rocks or tumbler glass filled with ice, then garnish with a padron pepper and slice of lime.