Cuban Cooking Made Easy
How To Make Christmas Pastelitos de Guayaba During the holiday season homemade treats are everywhere. Maybe you have on office Christmas party, a cookie exchange with friends or a family gathering and this year you would like to do something a little different. I have your answer. Christmas pastelitos de guayabe (guava pastries). What makes …
Nothing is more satisfying than biting into a perfectly made Cubano sandwich. Just thinking about that probably has you wondering where to find the best Cuban sandwich in Columbus. The slow-roasted, mojo-marinated pork shoulder or leg is the perfect complement to the thinly sliced ham and pickles that make a Cubano truly a work of …
Avocados are a popular tropical fruit that has a dark leathery skin and a bright green flesh. However, a Florida Cuban (Catalina) avocado have a bright green skin and yellow flesh. Catalina avocados are also referred to as Florida avocados. In some parts of the country, they are also known as butter fruit or alligator …
A Cubano sandwich is a pure flavor sensation that starts with meticulously marinated pork (lechon), which is then slow-roasted to perfection. Once the shoulder is falling off of the bone, it’s mixed with thinly sliced ham and Swiss cheese, and a healthy serving of pickles. The Cuban bread is slathered with yellow mustard and stuffed …
Fall-off-the-bone Tender: Irresistible Fricasé de Costillitas Recipe Where have Fricasé de Costillitas en cazuela been all of my life? That is exactly what I said to myself after making this recipe and then taking the first bite! I was inspired to make these oh so tender baby back ribs after trying them at a local …
Nothing is more enjoyable than a perfectly made Cubano sandwich with its crispy flaky outside, melted cheese inside, and beautiful blend of mouthwatering flavors that will make your taste buds dance. The Cuban sandwich is the epitome of what a ham and cheese sandwich should be. To be authentic, every sandwich begins life as a …
Nothing is more satisfying than a warm and savory Cuban sandwich, with its tantalizing shreds of slowly roasted pork (lechon), thinly sliced layers of the finest smoked ham, and the gooeyness of properly melted Swiss cheese packed into a crispy shell with pickles and yellow mustard. Just the thought of biting into a traditional Cuban …
Macaroni Con Pollo Macaroni con pollo is simply pasta with chicken. The preferred pasta is rigatoni. Do you want to know why I use rigatoni? The first reason is because that it is the pasta that my mother-in-law used and she is the one that taught me this recipe. If you have been following along …
When it comes to the epitome of ham and cheese sandwiches, nothing is better than a truly original Cubano. These delicious sandwiches start their life off as marinated pork (lechon) that is slow-roasted for up to eight hours to make it as tender as possible. Once the pork is falling off of the bone, it …
No one knows quite who invented the Cuban sandwich as we know it today, but there are numerous tales that are told about the Cubano, which asserts that the sandwiches origins date back more than 500 years. The sandwich has been around for thousands of years in various incarnations, but we don’t know who actually …
