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.
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Kitchen Secrets with Our Cuban Chef – Medianoche Sandwich
The Cuban medianoche: roast pork, sweet ham and Swiss pressed on soft egg bread. The bread, the late-night origin and the method from our Tampa kitchen.
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Kitchen Secrets with Our Cuban Chef – Frituras de Malanga
Grated malanga fritters, crisp outside and soft in the middle. The Cuban method, step by step, from the kitchen at Kiki’s Restaurant Lounge in Tampa.
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Kitchen Secrets with Our Cuban Chef – Platanos Maduros
Sweet fried plantains done the Cuban way: ripe fruit, low heat, deep amber edges. The full recipe and the mistakes to avoid, from Kiki’s kitchen in Tampa.
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Kitchen Secrets with Our Cuban Chef – Pollo a la Plancha
Pollo a la plancha the Cuban way: chicken breast pounded thin, marinated in garlic mojo and seared on a flat top. The recipe from our Tampa kitchen.
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Kitchen Secrets with Our Cuban Chef – The Elena Ruz Sandwich
Turkey, cream cheese and strawberry jam on sweet bread: the Elena Ruz sandwich recipe our Tampa kitchen presses to order, with timings and heat notes.
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Kitchen Secrets with Our Cuban Chef – Mariquitas
Paper-thin green plantain chips fried once and served with garlic mojo. The mariquitas recipe our Tampa kitchen uses, plus how to keep them snapping.
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Kitchen Secrets with Our Cuban Chef – Papa Rellena
Cuban papa rellena: mashed potato wrapped around seasoned picadillo, breaded and fried golden. The method that keeps them from cracking, from our Tampa kitchen.
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Kitchen Secrets with Our Cuban Chef – Flan Cubano
A Cuban flan recipe that sets dense and silky, not spongy: caramel, condensed and evaporated milk, and a water bath. Step by step from our Tampa kitchen.
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Kitchen Secrets with Our Cuban Chef – Pastelitos de Guayaba
Flaky Cuban guava pastries with cream cheese, finished with a sugar glaze. The bakery-counter recipe, adapted for a home oven, from our Tampa kitchen.
