Mexican cuisine gone wrong...

I received a complimentary copy of Bon Appetit magazine this weekend and was totally impressed by the cover photograph of shrimp enchiladas. So it became my Sunday project and was really looking forward to enjoying a gourmet Mexican treat this evening.

This was not a small project by any means. First I had to go to the grocery store to get all the ingredients. This was my first purchase of tomatillos. (Those things are really sticky, by the way, when you remove the shucks...shells...whatever.)

I had to broil them for about 10 minutes...

Here are some of the ingredients...green onions, shrimp (of course) and cilantro (of course).

This is what it looked like when I blended all the garlic, cilantro and tomatillos together. Kind of a blurry picture, but it was kind of a blurry mess anyway.

Here's what went into the enchiladas...to include Feta cheese. That had me doubtful when I read the recipe. Feta is mainly a Greek ingredient, but I like Feta so I thought it might be interesting in a Mexican dish.

Here's the dish ready to be popped into the oven with the salsa verde over the top.

And here's my "artistic" equivalent of Bon Appetit's cover photograph. I even went to the trouble of getting Mexican crema instead of using regular old sour cream.

And here's my review.

YUCK!! WAY too much work for something that turned out to be muy disappointing. I should have known when they called for Feta cheese. My bad.

It's a very messy dish to prepare...now this is what I have to look forward to...which I do not feel like doing tonight at all. Oh, well.

Just because it comes from a magazine called "Bon Appetit" doesn't necessarily mean it's good eating. My little bit of advice...beware of Mexican recipes that call for Feta cheese.