Polvorones are a type of Spanish shortbread quite popular in Latin America. Ingredients 1 cup margarine 1 cup white sugar ½ tsp salt 4 cups all-purpose flour 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla extract Procedure Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C) Mix…
Arroz con pollo (trans: rice with chicken) is a traditional dish common throughout Spain and Latin America especially in Cuba, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic. It resembles Spanish paella, both in its ingredients and cooking…
Mofongo is a popular Caribbean dish that originated in Puerto Rico. It is made from fried green plantains, seasoned with garlic, fat (olive oil, butter, or lard) and pork cracklings, then mashed. Mofongo is usually served with a fried meat…
Ingredients Sofrito 2 medium yellow onions, cut into large chunks 3–4 Italian frying peppers (also know as cubanelle peppers) 16–20 cloves garlic, peeled 1 large bunch cilantro, washed 10–12 ajices dulces (sweet chili peppers) 10 leaves of culantro (recao), or…
Tembleque is a thickened coconut pudding originating from Puerto Rico. Ingredients 1 can (16 oz) of coconut milk 1 can (16 oz) of coconut cream ½ cup heavy whipping cream ¼ cup cornstarch or rice flour ½ tsp orange blossom…
Sofrito is a combination of ingredients used to give a distinctive flavor to many Puerto Rican dishes. It is mostly used when cooking legumes, rice dishes, soups and stews. The two main ingredients that give sofrito its characteristic flavor are:…
This recipe for pavo relleno de mofongo was submitted by Brenda Ortiz Valle, who said the following: > “This recipe is my mom’s, Aida E Valle, special Turkey recipe. The best I have tasted in my life!!” Ingredients Filling 3…
Ingredients: 1 ea. 4 ½-pound (2.5 kg) pork shoulder 1 ½ tbsp kosher salt 12 medium garlic cloves, peeled 1 tbsp pepper 2 tbsp whole dry oregano 2 tbsp fresh thyme 2 tbsp olive oil 2 tbsp white wine vinegar…
Ingredients 1 head of garlic Olive oil 20 culantro leaves—find this at local Latin or Asian markets 1 small bunch of cilantro 1 large green bell pepper, seeded, diced and with the white pith from the inside of the pepper…
Asopao (Puerto Rico) is an excellent dish from the 407 restaurant in Jerusalem, Israel, that was apparently adapted from a Caribbean cookbook. Ingredients 2–3 chicken breasts, sliced into strips 3 cloves garlic, finely minced 1 medium green bell pepper, cored…
This recipe for flan de queso was originally contributed by Brenda Ortiz. Ingredients Flan 8 oz cream cheese 14 oz leche condensada (sweetened condensed milk) 12 oz evaporated milk 4 large eggs 1 tsp vanilla extract Caramel 1 cup of…
Arroz con gandules is a Puerto Rican dish of rice, pigeon peas, smoked meat, and sofrito. Ingredients Sofrito 2 medium yellow onions, cut into large chunks 3–4 Italian frying peppers (also known as cubanelle peppers) 16–20 cloves garlic, peeled 1…