Kitchen Secrets with Our Cuban Chef – Batidos Cubanos
How to make Cuban batidos at home – mamey, trigo and fruta bomba – with the exact ratios and blending order our Tampa kitchen uses every morning.
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Kitchen Secrets with Our Cuban Chef – Arroz con Leche Cubano
Cuban arroz con leche made with cinnamon, lime peel and condensed milk. The full method from our Tampa kitchen, plus the notes that keep it creamy.
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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 – 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.
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Kitchen Secrets with Our Cuban Chef – Frita Cubana
The frita cubana is a beef and chorizo patty under a pile of shoestring potatoes. Here is how we make it, from our Cuban kitchen in Tampa, step by step.