There's another kitchen tool you can add to the list: the molcajete. A molcajete is a mortar ... porous volcanic rock or gray granite, with a bowl-like shape; the pestle component is made from ...

As much a show piece as it is an integral part of a Mexican kitchen appliance arsenal, the molcajete is a three-legged bowl made from a single piece of volcanic rock with a conical tejolote ...

Most molcajete bowls come with a mortar for mashing all your guacamole ingredients together. Pepe Nero’s, though, also comes with a silicone spatula, avocado slicer and garlic peeler.

Anaya also recommends the signature molcajete, a dish named for the lava-rock bowl in which it’s served. A molcajete is a large mortar and pestle traditionally used to grind spices, mash avocado ...

Plus: How to know if you have a real molcajete made of volcanic rock and ... and transferred the salsa to a clean bowl. This process took a few minutes longer than the blender salsa but wasn ...

One menu item that stands out is the Molcajete served in an authentic lava stone bowl, Castro said. It is made with grilled chicken, steak, shrimp, chorizo, cactus and fried jalapeno topped with ...