Traditional Cuban cuisine: dishes and recipes

Cuban cuisine appeared, of course, in Cuba. Has arisen under the influence of gastronomic principles of other states. Cuban cuisine traces elements of Creole, African and Spanish cooking.

Annually festivals are held. They gather gourmets and cooks who are familiar with Cuban cuisine, its recipes.

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For cooking dishes here use:

• Beef;
• Lamb;
• A bird;
• powdered milk;
• Pork;
• Ocean fish;
• Black beans;
• Coconut oil and milk;
• Bananas;
• Seafood (shrimp and lobster);
• sweet potato;
• The root of cassava;
• Rice;
• Fruit (oranges, grapes, guava, apples and others);
• Spices and condiments;
• Vegetables (cabbage, onions, garlic, tomatoes, corn, sweet peppers and others).

Regional cuisine

As in many countries, zoning is taking place in Cuba. In the western part of the country and central, coconut and chocolate are often used. Fry here on coconut oil or milk. In the eastern regions of the country often prepare spicy and spicy dishes.

Popular dishes

What dishes should you try for those who are interested in Cuban cuisine? Of course, the most popular. We will consider them now:

• Pie with oranges, pumpkin and coconut.
• Machiako. This is a popular dish in the country. What is a similar dish? This is grilled or stewed in a pot of meat with vegetables. No meal can not do without this food.
• Fried suckling pig (Lechon asado).
• Fried pork.
• Stew of chicken with carrots, onions, potatoes, ham and other ingredients as desired. Called the dish Caldosa.
• Tostones (fried bananas).
• Salad with avocado and pineapple.
• Beef minced with tomato sauce.
• Pie with guava.
• Cuban sandwich.
• Rice with black beans and other dishes of Cuban cuisine.

Beverages

Popular drinks are:

• Various cocktails (for example, mojito, daiquiri and others);
• Rum;
• Coffee (strong);
• beer;
• Guarapo (the basis of the drink is cane sugar) ;
• Lemonade with lime.

Sauces

Cuban cuisine is quite interesting, and its recipes are simple. Sauces are popular here. There are a lot of them in Cuban cuisine. They are part of the local cooking. Favorite Cuban sauce, which is made from peppers, garlic and tomatoes, is called Mojo. The second most popular is Salsa criolla. This sauce is made from pepper, butter, onions and tomatoes.

As part of some refuellings, you can find even fruits, such as, for example, mango.

Cuban sandwich

If you are interested in Cuban cuisine, a photo of some dishes is presented for clarity in the article. Do you want to cook one of the dishes? Then pay attention to it. It's called the Cuban sandwich.

To prepare you need:

• Four pieces of Swiss cheese (about one hundred grams) and as many long rolls;
• salt;
• On a tablespoon of red wine vinegar and olive oil;
• A jar of pickled peppers and a jar of pickled cucumbers;
• One head (chopped) shallots;
• Three tablespoons of sour cream or mayonnaise;
• Half a glass of rum.
• ¼ cup Creole mustard;
• Red cabbage (chopped a quarter of a head).

To cook pork on the grill you will need:

• 4 peas of pepper and a clove of garlic (crushed);
• Two pieces of pork (each about 350 grams);
• salt;
• Ground black pepper;
• Sugar light brown (2 tbsp.);
• Olive oil (1 tbsp.);
• Half a glass of dark rum;
• A piece of ginger length of 2.5 cm (cut or grate).

Process of preparation of a sandwich

1. First make a pickle. To do this, pour a half cup of water into the pan, put sugar, garlic, ginger and three tablespoons of salt. Stir. Bring to a boil. Then remove from heat. Rum add. Cool the resulting composition to room temperature.
2. Then take a bowl, lay the meat in it. Pour the resulting brine. Cover with a lid. Put in the refrigerator for an hour (can be for a longer time).
3. Prepare a salad. Soak in shallow water for five minutes of shallots. Then stir the cabbage, onion and salt (1.5 tsp) in a colander. Leave it for thirty minutes or an hour. This is necessary in order to stack the juice. Then rinse and dry the cabbage. Put in a large bowl, mix with vinegar and butter. Add salt.
4. Preheat the grill.
5. Cut the tenderloin. Lubricate with oil, sprinkle with pepper.
6. Grill on the grill. Turn over if necessary. Prepare up strips on each side (one takes about eight minutes). How to check the readiness? Insert the culinary thermometer into the thickest part of the meat. If it shows more than 63 degrees, then you can proceed to the next step. Namely: put the cutting on the cutting board, leave for five minutes, then cut.
7. Fry the buns on the grill.
8. The bottom half of each smear mustard and mayonnaise.
9. Top the cheese, melt it lightly.
10. Slice thin meat into thin slices. Put on bread along with pickled cucumbers, pepper and lettuce. Then he can serve a dish.

Piccadilly

Are you interested in Cuban cuisine? Then, to get to know her better, we offer you another dish. It is called a very interesting dish - Piccadilly.

For preparation it is required:

• 10 cherry (sliced);
• 1/3 cup of wine (white), tomato paste, pimento stuffed with pimento, along with brine (1 tbsp.) And raisins;
• Two bay leaves;
• 2 tsp. Dried oregano, cayenne pepper and ground cumin;
• 450 grams of chorizo from beef;
• 2 tbsp. L. Oil (olive);
• Large chopped onion;
• 4 cloves garlic (crushed);
• salt;
• Ground black pepper.

Cooking process

1. Heat the oil in a frying pan. Put garlic, bay leaves and onions. Fry until tender, about four minutes. In the process, stir constantly.
2. Then add the stuffing, fry. When the meat is browned, remove from heat, remove excess fat.
3. Then pour in the wine. Stir. Add the tomato paste, stuffed olives (sliced), halves of cherry, cumin, oregano, cayenne pepper. Stew on low heat for eight minutes. Stir constantly. Before serving, salt and pepper.

Salad

Continuing to consider the dishes of Cuban cuisine, describe recipes, tell about delicious salad of pineapples and avocados. This dish is a traditional snack, which can be quickly and easily cooked.

To prepare you need:

• Pineapple (kilogram);
• Two avocados;
• Three cloves of garlic;
• Two bunches of watercress;
• One red onion;
• A tablespoon of sugar;
• A quarter of a glass of oil (olive);
• A pinch of ground cumin;
• 2 tbsp. L. Lemon juice;
• A quarter teaspoon of ground black pepper;
• Salt (one teaspoonful).

Preparation

1. Wash the watercress. Remove unnecessary leaves. Dry it. Send it to the refrigerator.
2. Peel the pineapple from the peel. Cut the pulp with ringlets.
3. Put the rings on a baking sheet, sprinkle with sugar (1 tbsp.). Put the caramelized oven in the oven, select the "Grill" mode. Five - ten minutes will go to each side.
4. Then let the pineapple cool, cut into cubes.
5. Prepare the gas station. To do this, mix the olive oil with cloves of garlic. Then add the lemon juice, cumin, salt and pepper. Half of the resulting liquid fill the salad from the refrigerator.
6. Avocado cleanse, cut into cubes.
7. Collect the dish. First lay a watercress cress with a dressing. Above lay the avocado, pineapple, pre-mixing these fruits with dressing. On top decorate with thin half-rope red onions.

Conclusion

Now you know what Cuban cuisine is. The recipes from the photo, presented in the article, will help you to prepare such dishes. With the received dishes you can please your loved ones.