Cuban Picadillo Pies® Recipe I have a recipe today that was kind of a happy accident. Ever since I went up to San Francisco a few months ago to cook my Picadillo, my family has been clamoring for it. Yes, there's been clamoring. For the past few years I've been making my picadillo with ground turkey. It's just become a thing. When I cooked for ...
Archives for July 27, 2016
Pastel de Pollo Recipe
Pastel de Pollo Viva La Difference! I started grade school here in the U.S. without speaking a word of English. In fact, I was one of only a handful of newly exiled Cuban kids at the time. Yes, only a fewCubans in Miami. I know. Weird. I tried hard to fit in and learned to speak English pretty quickly (I’m a living argument for English ...
Papas Rellenas Recipe
Papa Rellena Recipe with Pictures Multi-Tasking Like every other Cuban mother out there, I am constantly aware of my charges. That is, I’m constantly trying to stay one step ahead of my family. I’m always anticipating their needs and their wants and their ‘antojos.” Please understand that I’m not trying to brag here. This is just how our own ...
Panetela Borracha Recipe
Rum and Cake? or Rum and Coke? from Marta’s Cuban American Kitchen One year ago, Val sent me an email asking if I would consider posting recipes here on Babalú. To be honest, I wasn’t quite sure my feature, Marta’s Cuban American Kitchen, was going to go over very well. I confess I was a little intimidated. We Cubans, as you know, are extremely ...
Pan Con Bistec (Cuban-style Steak Sandwich) Recipe
Cuban Pan con Bistec Recipe (Cuban Steak Sandwich) Working Smarter I’m lazy. There, I said it. No, it’s really okay. I freely admit it. Yep, L-A-Z-Y. Which is why I’m not a big fan of spending hours in the kitchen slaving over a hot stove. I’m going to go out on a limb here and guessing that there aren’t a whole lot of fans of ...
How to Make Cuban Mantecado Ice Cream
How to Make Cuban Mantecado Ice Cream There are so many things that were different to our Cuban sensibilities when we first arrived in the U.S. Mostly in the foods we ate. The bread was different. The meat was different. When someone said 'hamburgers,' we thought, 'frita.' It wasn't the same. "No es igual." "It's not the same." We seemed to say ...
Empanada Gigante Recipe (La Empanada Que Se Le Perdio a Santa Barbara)
Giant Cuban Empanada Recipe Lost and Found My mom has been in Miami for the summer. Last week she was telling me about an avocado that she had purchased from the local viandero. Here in California we get the Haas avocados that are small with bumpy dark skin. The ones in Miami are considerably larger. She says this to make the point: “Es el ...
Dulce de Leche Cheesecake Recipe
Dulce de Leche Cheesecake Recipe Going Old School It’s November, people. Of course you know what that means: It’s time for the holiday "comelatas" to begin. At our house the main course menus don’t vary much from year to year. But then there are the desserts. Ah, yes. Desserts. Plural. I don’t know of a Cuban anywhere who doesn’t love ...
Cuban Pizza Recipe
Cuban Pizza Recipe When I say I'm making Cuban pizza, no one believes it's a real thing. What makes it Cuban, you ask? Well, it starts, just like all good Cuban food, with a sofrito. A Cuban "sofrito" is the beginning and end of all that is good and holy about Cuban food - onion, garlic, bell pepper perfectly sauteéd in olive oil with a hint of ...
Churrasco Estilo Cubano Recipe
Churrasco con Chimichurri Recipe A Simple Barbecue - Churrasco Steak My husband, Eric, invited one of his clients over for dinner the other night, and he asked me not to make a fuss. “Let’s just barbecue,” he said. “Fine,” I said, “I’ll just do a simple Cuban-style barbecue.” So, I didn’t make a fuss . . . I made a mouth-watering Churrasco ...
