Spilling the Beans from Marta’s Cuban American KitchenWARNING: This is a bonafide blog-post hijacking. Mami (that’s Marta, La Cocinera to you) has been sick and you don’t want a sick person doing your cooking, so I (Kikita, hija de Marta) have taken over Marta’s Cuban American Kitchen this week. I promise to keep it simple. Out of all the ...
Archives for July 27, 2016
Flan Cake Recipe
A Match Made in Heaven. Flan + Cake = Flan Cake Recipe I’m always on the look out for fabulous new recipes. The ideal recipe, whether for a main dish or a dessert, is something that is simple to make but looks complicated and is a little breathtaking. It should at the very least inspire ooohs and aaahs. This flan cake recipe is simple, delicious, ...
Elena Ruz Sandwich Recipe With a Twist
A Legend in My Own Mind from Marta’s Cuban American Kitchen I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Our family certainly did. And boy did we have leftover turkey! The re-heated turkey meal started to get old really fast. So I suggested sandwiches. Me: “Hey let’s make Elena Ruz’s.” My kids: “Mom, use your words.” (smart alecks!) “What ...
El Flan de La Reina Recipe
Cuban Flan Recipe de La Reina My mom calls herself La Reina del Flan (which would make me the Reigning Princess of Egg Custard, but that’s not important right now). On Christmas Eve, we sometimes have other desserts along with it, but in my big, fat, Cuban family, my mom’s flan is a given. I have a ritual I go through every Christmas with her. ...
Dulce de Leche Ice Cream Recipe – Homemade
Dulce de Leche Ice Cream Recipe - Flavor of the Month This was the noisiest dessert we've ever had. Every spoonful brought on another chorus of: "Ay! Que rico!!" or "Umph.. oohsh! Thith ish mmlishous!" I think there were prayers of thanksgiving offered, too: "Oh. My. God." I am "sandpapering myself" (dandome lija) just a bit ...
Cuban Sandwich Recipe
Cuban Sandwich Recipe The Sandwich Generation - A Rant and a Classic Cuban Sandwich Recipe The term, "sandwich generation" is used to describe those adults who are caring for aging parents while still actively parenting their kids. While I'm grateful that my sisters and I share the load of caring for my 97 year old mom, Luza, I still feel the ...
Cuban Black Bean Soup/Chili Recipe
Cookoff from Marta’s Cuban American Kitchen I have to feed about a dozen football fans on Superbowl Sunday. I would prefer to make one big pot of something rather than a bunch of little snacks. My husband suggests chili. One pot. Hearty. Will feed an army. “It’s a Superbowl Classic,” he argues. Okay, I might have to agree there, but . . ...
Crockpot Vaca Frita Recipe
“I’ve got a cousin . . .” – from Marta’s Cuban American Kitchen I think it’s a given that if you’re Cuban, you’ve got a cousin (or twelve) somewhere. It’s absolutely normal, in a kind of abnormal way. I’ll go toe-to-toe with any of my American friends on this one. Name any place on the planet, I’ve got a cousin there. First cousin, second cousin ...
Crockpot Rope Vieja Recipe
Cuban Ropa Vieja Recipe In A Slow Cooker When we arrived in Miami in the early 60’s, we barely had enough money to cover basic expenses. As you can imagine, rent, utilities, and food dominated the budget. Because we left Cuba with just the suitcases we could carry, we were glad to receive donated clothing. We were grateful for other people’s ...
Crema de Vie (Cuban Egg Nog) Recipe
Cuban Crema de Vie Recipe - A Toast! In the first few years of my family’s exile, we still had high hopes that that whole pesky revolution nonsense would quickly blow over. Every year around the holidays we would make our Cuban egg nog, which we call Crème de Vie (or Crema de Vie - “the cream of life”). Every year we would raise our glasses at ...
