Kitchen Secrets with Our Cuban Chef – Sofrito Cubano
Cuban sofrito is onion, green pepper, garlic, cumin and oregano cooked slowly in olive oil. Our Tampa kitchen shares the recipe and how to use it.
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Kitchen Secrets with Our Cuban Chef – Torticas de Morón
Cuban shortbread cookies with a guava centre. Our Tampa kitchen shares the lard, lime and thumbprint tricks that keep torticas de Morón short and sandy.
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Kitchen Secrets with Our Cuban Chef – Cascos de Guayaba con Queso
Cascos de guayaba con queso: guava shells simmered in cinnamon syrup, served cold with fresh white cheese. The recipe from our Tampa kitchen.
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Kitchen Secrets with Our Cuban Chef – Buñuelos Cubanos
Buñuelos cubanos are yuca and malanga figure-eights fried crisp and soaked in anise syrup. The Christmas recipe from our Cuban kitchen in Tampa.
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Kitchen Secrets with Our Cuban Chef – Boliche Relleno
Cuban boliche relleno: eye of round stuffed with chorizo and braised slowly in mojo, onions and tomato. The Sunday roast recipe from our Tampa kitchen.
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Kitchen Secrets with Our Cuban Chef – Sopa de Pollo Cubana
Sopa de pollo cubana with calabaza, corn and fideos. The full recipe from Kiki’s Cuban kitchen in Tampa, plus the notes that keep the broth clear.
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Kitchen Secrets with Our Cuban Chef – Ensalada de Aguacate
How we make ensalada de aguacate at Kiki’s in Tampa: avocado, paper-thin onion, lime and olive oil, plus the mistakes that turn a good salad to mush.
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Kitchen Secrets with Our Cuban Chef – Natilla Cubana
Natilla cubana is a stovetop egg custard with cinnamon and lime peel. Our Tampa kitchen shares the tempering method, timings and how to fix it.
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Kitchen Secrets with Our Cuban Chef – Lechón Asado
Lechón asado the Cuban way: garlic and sour orange mojo, a long slow roast, skin that shatters. The Nochebuena centrepiece, from Kiki’s kitchen in Tampa.
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Kitchen Secrets with Our Cuban Chef – Fricasé de Pollo
Fricasé de pollo the Cuban way: chicken braised in sofrito with potatoes, olives, capers and dry white wine. The full method from our Tampa kitchen.