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Cuba: Ropa Vieja

Cuba: Ropa Vieja

1 medium onion, quartered 1 medium onion, sliced 900g skirt or flank steak 1 carrot, coarsely chopped 1 celery stick, coarsely chopped 1 bay leaf 2 tbsp olive oil 2 garlic cloves, minced 2 aji cito chillies (these are hot yellow chillies, substitute the hot chilli of your choice), minced 2 green Continue Reading...

Cuba: Picadillo

Cuba: Picadillo

1 onion, chopped 1 garlic clove, minced 450g lean minced beef 60ml sherry 1/2 tsp ground cumin 1/2 tsp dried oregano, crumbled 1/8 tsp salt pinch of ground chilli pepper 45g raisins 160g diced pineapple (fresh or tinned) 1 green bell pepper, chopped 50g red bell pepper, chopped Method: Add a Continue Reading...

Cuba: Libre Cocktail

Cuba: Libre Cocktail

50ml White Rum 100ml cola ice cubes Garnishes: lime wedge Serving Glass Highball Glass Method: Fill a highball glass with ice, add the white rum then pour over the white rum. Garnish with a lime wedge and serve. Continue Reading...

Cuba:  Carne Mechada

Cuba: Carne Mechada

2kg beef skirt, stewing steak or skirloin 60ml dry red wine 1 garlic clove, crushed 2 onions, chopped 3 bay leaves salt and black pepper, to taste 400g black beans For the mechado sauce: 2 onions, chopped 2 green bell peppers, chopped 4 hot chillies, minced 750ml passata (tomato sauce) 1 tbsp Continue Reading...

Cuba: Carne Gisada con Plantanos (Beef and Plantains)

Cuba: Carne Gisada con Plantanos (Beef and Plantains)

100ml olive oil 1.1kg rump steak (round steak) cut into 5cm chunks 1 onion, sliced thickly 1 green bell pepper, diced 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped 800g tinned chopped tomatoes, drained 240ml dry sherry 240ml Cuban beef stock 2 tsp salt 1 tbsp Spanish paprika 1/2 tsp freshly-ground black Continue Reading...

Cuba: Caldo de Res (Cuban Beef Stock)

Cuba: Caldo de Res (Cuban Beef Stock)

450g flank steak, cut into chunks 900g beef bones, cracked 3l water 1 tsp salt 6 black peppercorns 4 garlic cloves, crushed 1 bay leaf 1 onion, quartered 1 large green bell pepper, de-seeded and quartered a few sprigs of parsley 3 large ripe tomatoes, quartered 1/2 tsp ground cumin 4 saffron Continue Reading...

Cuba: Black Bean Hummus

Cuba: Black Bean Hummus

480g cooked black beans, drained (tinned is fine) 2 garlic cloves, finely sliced 1 tbsp tahini 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil 1 tsp ground cumin juice of 1 lime salt and freshly-ground black pepper Method: Combine all the ingredients in a food processor and render to a smooth paste. Transfer to a Continue Reading...

Cuba: Baked Eggs

Cuba: Baked Eggs

12 large eggs 2 medium chorizo sausages, finely chopped 180ml whole milk salt and freshly-ground black pepper 6 tbsp butter, melted Method: Take 6 individual gratin dishes or large oven-proof ramekins and butter them lightly. Divide the chorizo between them. Break 2 eggs into a cup and pour on Continue Reading...

Cuba National Dish & Recipe

Cuba National Dish & Recipe

National Dish Monk’s Black Beans is Cuban’s National dish. In the local restaurants, the cooks usually create a Cuban sandwich, which is made on long thin loaves of Cuban bread by stacking it really high with a large amount of thin sliced mouth watering roasted pork, Serrano, ham, Continue Reading...

Beef Turnovers (Empanadas)

Beef Turnovers (Empanadas)

Ingredients: 1 packet of Saz?n with -coriander and annatto 1/4 cup of tomato sauce 1 teaspoon minced garlic -or 2 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 onion, diced 1/8 teaspoon of black pepper 1/2 teaspoon of oregano 6 diced large Stuffed Olives 1 package Discos -(frozen turnover dough) -Yellow or Continue Reading...

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