Dinner Party: Spanish Nights

I hosted a dinner party recently, and the theme was "Spanish Nights", in that everything served was from a country that spoke Spanish. There were food and drink from Mexico, Argentina, Spain, and Tex-Mex (ok not quite a country, but still.) It took me about a week of advance preparation and two days of busy kitchen work, but the final result was amazing. Note to self: next time make much less food.

As usual the spicy margaritas were a hit; the charred tomato salsa turned out to be the tastiest of the salsas; and, as expected, the choripan and carnitas were both perfect.

Drinks:

• Expat
• Spicy margaritas
• Sangria

Starters:

• Traditional Mexican salsa
• Charred tomato salsa
• Pineapple habanero salsa

Main courses:

• Choripan with chimichurri
• Homesick Texan carnitas