Learn Spanish Cooking My Abuela’s Recipes! (Intermediate)

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Welcome to the first episode of my new series “Las Recetas de Tita”!
In every video, I’ll open my grandma’s recipe book at a random page and cook whatever recipe comes up!
In this episode, you’ll learn Spanish while I cook a surprise dish from my grandma’s Mexican recipes. You’ll discover new vocabulary, expressions, and cultural notes in a fun and natural way, perfect for intermediate Spanish learners who want more practice with Comprehensible Input.
Hello welcome to Tita's recipes This is my grandmother's cookbook My
My grandmother's name is Olivia but we call her Tita This cookbook has
Many recipes Sweet recipes and savory recipes In this series we are going to
Cook a different recipe in each video A surprise recipe And at the same time
Time to learn Spanish What are we going
to cook today Let's see Guys welcome to a new video a
ew series with Andrea la Mexicana I'm nervous I'm excited and I'm very
Happy to record this special video for you This is my recipe
Grandma and today Andrea the Mexican doesn't know what she's going to cook It's a surprise for me
It's a surprise for you My aunt is my father's mother She likes
I saw her granddaughter Andrea the Mexican on television So I decided to record
ese videos to honor my aunt and also share with everyone the
Amazing recipes from my grandmother Let's see what I'm going to cook today and
the recipe is
Spinach Crepes
Let's look at the ingredients I need two eggs one cup of milk one cup
flour half a teaspoon of salt half a kilogram of spinach corn oil onio
Chopped salt to taste cream cheese and done Oh okay And now let's go to the supermarket to
And if you want the full recipe with the instructions the ingredients and the
Step by step you can find the recipe on my Patreon Andrea la Mexicana where you will be able to
Download all of this that I have here Well let's get to work Let's go to the supermarket
Guys Andrea is back I'm home and we're going to start this experiment
I have the recipe here and we are going to check if we have all the ingredients Two eggs
Next a cup of milk a cup of flour I can't eat wheat so let's go
Replace wheat flour with almond flour and half a teaspoon of salt Here
The supermarket has a 454-gram bag Almost half a kilo Almost Let's use one
spinach bag Oh my God Okay four tender corns We have also bought four
Corn I have to admit this smells terrible The recipe also needs two tablespoons of
oil We are going to use this oil Chopped onion I also bought onion at the supermarket
I'm going to slice an entire onion Wow Half a cup of cream I bought this brand of cream
And a cup of grated cheese It doesn't say what kind of cheese I need here but I do have grated cheese
"Okay guys That's all We're going to start we're going to begin with the instructions with the "
Step by step of this recipe Number one beat the eggs with half the flour We are going to use
A large deep plate or also called a bowl We have two eggs we are going to break these
Eggs One egg two eggs and then we need half a cup of flour He is asking for a cup of
Flour and half a cup is a half cup A half cup of flour Let's mix I'm mixing here
Two eggs with half a cup of flour Okay let's put this in to make noise The mixture looks like this
Okay Beat the eggs with half the flour When it is well mixed when it is well
Stir add half the milk and salt Okay it seems well mixed here really well stirred
It's mixed Let's add half a cup of milk We need a cup of milk so we're going to
Add half a cup of milk This looks weird guys too liquid The consistency has changed
Will Andrea succeed with this recipe or will she disappoint her grandmother Let's find out Okay I need to
A teaspoon of salt Okay I have a small spoon and we'll put half a teaspoon of salt I hope
Let this be half a teaspoon of salt Okay I'll continue reading the recipe Then add the
The rest of the flour I need to add half a cup of flour more Half a cup of flour Now finally
We are going to mix Let's hope we get a good result The mixture has more consistency
It's not as liquid a bit thicker Okay let's keep reading Add the rest of the milk
This needs more milk God It's going to be very very liquid Add the rest of the milk until
It's a type of atole This is atole Atole has a thick consistency a bit like that
Thicker not as liquid I have never had atole in my life but I think it's like the one I drank the most with
Atole was exactly with my aunt My aunt every morning when we woke up and went to sleep
Her house she would prepare many things for breakfast and she liked to make atole in the morning
Mornings A delight a delight And it's the only reference to atole or champurrado I have
So I need to go back many years when I was 10 8 7 years old to remember
What was the consistency of the atole Okay I think it has enough liquid now We'll mix it and go
Continue reading the recipe It says here that you may not need all the milk Oh my God
My saint I'm really glad I didn't add it Next instruction Add the oil in a
Pan and when it's hot pour three tablespoons of the mixture until it spreads out
all the bottom When it is slightly golden flip it and arrange them one on top of the other w
A lid You'll put a lid on it so it doesn't cool down and dry out Holy God Okay I think I'm going to leave it
This aside I'm going to start preparing the crepe filling because the filling is separate
We have the dough we have this mixture for the crepe that's all I don't need to do anything else Now
We are going to prepare the filling which is what goes inside the crack We are going to read the instructions for
Prepare the filling Okay let's put water in the pot Here is some water and we are going to add
Boiled spinach There's quite a bit of spinach here Very well we have spinach here I'm going to put on the lid
Over the pot in the pot and we are going to put this on the stove and the recipe says on low heat one
Low temperature Okay let's continue Press them until they cook I'll wait for them to cook and
Then I will drain them and I need a pan with oil I will add the onion
I'll chop the onion and add the chopped spinach I need to chop the spinach Okay step by step
Guys I think I need to cook the corn too and the corn is raw This doesn't work I need to
Boil it I have other small very small pots I can use these pots to boil the corn Let's go
Cut the corn Another thing is that I don't have a cutting board a board for chopping I don't have one
I have a plate I think this isn't going to work Perfect Okay okay I have a super small pot
They fit two ears of corn I need to do this much faster One second Okay I've made a decision
Severe Because I don't have large enough pots we'll cook the corn more quickly
This will help us cook the corn more quickly
I have the water here I'm going to put in the corn a bit and then more Let's start The water is
Boiling The spinach will cook very quickly Excellent It's almost ready Let's cut the lettuce
Onion I need to chop or cut the onion into small pieces into cubes Excellent I have
fear I am afraid Okay here is the chopped sliced onion It seems like a lot of onion I need a onion
onion a whole onion It's boiling I'm going to turn this off Let's wait a moment
Let the water calm down a bit and I'll continue cutting the onion Ready And we'll place the
Spinach on a plate an extended plate I'm going to use this here to remove the spinach It's already
The spinach is cooked It's done Let's put it here because I need to chop it I need to cut it
Wow that's very little I need to remove some of the water as much as possible I think I need to
Cook all the spinach There is very little spinach When the spinach is cooked it becomes very little
Okay I'm going to use the water I have here and put the rest of the spinach in because it's very fresh
A little spinach Now I understand why my aunt my grandmother wrote half a kilogram of spinach Let's go
Come see the wonderful corn we have here Get ready for the truth Chan chan
And now they learned that they can cook the corn in this machine Okay very good Let's continue
Cooking the corn this way Let's see if it was really cooked or if it's a fake
It's a lie It was cooked up it was cooked up We did it Tita I hope you're proud of me No it was
They tried and cooked it Wonderful The onion is strong I can still feel it I'm crying Guys
I'm going to finish cutting the corn and see you in a second Guys I'm back Just like in the
TV shows cooking shows where the ingredients are ready Done We have here
The corn is ready on this wonderful plate Four ears of corn here We have the spinach Half
A kilo of spinach here It seems very little and now I need to chop chop the spinach Wow Look at it
What an easy task The easiest thing I've ever cut The spinach is already chopped the onion already cut
It's cut and now we're finally going to continue the recipe Okay Next Let's see what it says
Recipe Put the oil in a pan Add the chopped onion and add the spinach and the grains
Corn The corn kernels Fry for a few minutes Add salt and cream Okay It looks good
easy it seems simple So let's add oil to our pan I'm not going to use a pan
I am going to use this pot I am going to turn on the stove and add the olive oil to cook The
The recipe says I need two tablespoons of oil I need a bigger spoon Two tablespoons of
olive oil We add one and two Two tablespoons of olive oil In this case extra virgin olive oil
Virgin let's fry the onion corn and spinach The oil is already hot it's very
Dangerous I need to be careful Let's start with the onion When you cook you need to have
Be careful with fire and smoke because we have smoke detectors here and it's hard not to have one
Smoke or steam when you're cooking That's why I need to turn on the exhaust fan Guys the onio
It's a bit more golden now We can see that it's a little golden golden The color has changed
Now I'm going to add the corn I'll add a part and then the rest I'm very excited
Because it smells delicious I'm going to add the rest of the corn My grandmother had so many in her house
gs to cook many cooking tools to cook properly and today in this modern life
In this different life abroad I think we are doing well right now
of the video I want to know who thinks this is going to go incredibly well and who doesn't have me
Okay guys I'm going to add the spinach I'm going to turn down the heat because it smells a little burnt
We can't let this burn Well and now I'm going to add what comes next Add the salt and the
Cream And I'm going to add the salt We need half a cup of cream Half a cup Excellent
Wow It's quite stuffed A lot of stuffing It looks interesting And now I need to add the cheese
A cup of grated cheese All the filling is here This is ready Let's prepare the
Crepes Our original mixture Here it is My grandmother would put oil in a pan where she would cook them
She was making the crepes A little Excellent I'm going to use a napkin to spread the oil The
The oil is already on the surface and we are going to add three tablespoons of the mixture Three tablespoons of
The mixture Three It's like making hot cakes Pancakes here I'm going to use this small pot quickly
To prepare the sauce It seems not to be very complicated I will heat the pot and I need
Three tablespoons of butter I need to check this Let's flip it One two three
No I'm not going to turn it over I'll put it like this on the plate Well It was the first attempt We ca
Improve Let's continue with the sauce on this side I need three tablespoons of butter
One two I need the sifter Three And I need three tablespoons of flour three How's it going
What Great Great guys I need to mix this and now I need to add Add
Two glasses of cold milk One and two Okay I'm going to mix it I need to wait a bit stir the mixture
and let it boil for ten minutes It already looks like it's going to boil We have bubbles Let's mix one
Little by little It's already boiling It rose quite a bit It is rising It keeps rising Okay Very good
I would have preferred it to be a bit thicker but it's very liquid Let's wait My grandmother my aunt
She loved to cook She loved cooking for her grandchildren her children and for people and it was her way of showing love
o show the affection and love he had for the people he cared about He cooked deliciously and for
It's amazing to have this cookbook in my hands with my grandmother's recipes that are now available
passed on to another generation to my generation But you now have access to my recipes
Grandma will pass it on to other generations other countries and other worlds Thank you Guys ready The
The kitchen is spotless it's clean the dishes are washed and it's time to put our food away
In this dish I have the crepe here I am going to place a crepe below We are going to add the filling I am
Very excited I want to try this The filling is super hot Let's fold like a
I'll make a quesadilla and put this on I'll put a little to try Let's check if we like it
No Guys this is the dish Presentation can be improved It's the first time I don't know how it is
My grandmother used to serve this How Tita used to serve this But I followed the recipe's instructions
Auntie This is a treasure and we're going to find out what it tastes like
I was surprised by this sauce With all the ingredients mixed together it tastes good Tita is delicious Not as good as
When you cook it it's really good Guys are you going to try this recipe I liked it
Much If you want the recipe you can go to Patreon where you will find the complete recipe
With the ingredients portions and step-by-step instructions And here you will also find
conversation classes with other students who are also learning Spanish We have classes for
Beginners for intermediate students and other things like the game club Well this was the
My first video in this amazing series where I cook different recipes in each video
And this was today's recipe Spinach crepes Well what will be the next surprise recipe
Let's watch the next video See you next time Bye bye Let's keep learning Spanish together
