This is my grandmother’s original Flan recipe. Best made the day before serving, which makes for easy entertaining. This recipe yields one small flan in one of my Silicone Baking Molds, which is about 9″ round pan. You can use non-silicone pan. 1 cup Sugar 1 […]
Cuban Recipes
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Camarones Enchilados (Cuban Style Shrimp in Tomato based Sauce) I have finally mastered this recipe and updated it from my mom’s original recipe. For a spicer dish, you can adjust the Tabasco and red chili flakes. This is traditionally served over a bed of white rice […]
Cuban Style Ground Beef aka: “Picadillo” (This is how to make a healthier version of the typical Cuban Style Ground Beef Dinner) 2 – 3 Tablespoons of Olive Oil 1 small onion 1 small red pepper 2 large cloves garlic 1 pound Ground Turkey or Ground […]
Have you been searching for ceviche recipes? I’m sure you’ve encountered a wide array of shrimp and fish ceviche recipes with all sorts of different ingredients and methods. The recipe below reminds me of my childhood. My family, especially my father, loved shrimp ceviche (aka: Ceviche […]
As long as I can remember, growing up as a kid in Miami, we would race to see who could eat the most grapes at the stroke of midnight on New Years Eve. Why would anyone do that? Simple, it’s a Cuban/Spanish Tradition! This Spanish tradition […]
I love Cuban Style Chicken and Rice (aka: Arroz con Pollo). It brings back sweet memories of Abuela (my grandmother) cooking in the afternoon. Her memory lives on forever in my kitchen. I make this recipe often and traditionally use bone in chicken breasts in order […]
This is a cooking class favorite! Tomato and Avocado Canapes with Manchego Cheese ½ cup Herbed Balsamic Vinaigrette with Dried Herbs 24 slices Cuban Bread or French Baguette Slices — 1/4″ thick 6 Roma tomato 2 large Florida avocado ¼ pound Manchego cheese — sliced thin […]
We were so happy Santa brought the boys a little piece of Spain into our home. He sent us our own Churro maker, along with the Churro mix and some Valor Hot Chocolate. My family had such fun making and eating traditional Spanish Churros and hot […]
One of my readers writes to me looking for a recipe for “Alinado.” He explains this drink is made when someone is pregnant and then drunk in celebration once the baby is born. I had never heard of this before so I forwarded the message out […]