Category: 2021-02

Cuban-Style Black Beans

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon minced garlic
  • 1 (15.5 ounce) can black beans, drained
  • 1 green bell pepper, chopped
  • ½ sweet onion, chopped
  • ½ (12 ounce) can light beer
  • 1 tablespoon fresh chopped cilantro, for garnish

Instructions

Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook the garlic in the oil 15 seconds. Stir in the onion and green pepper; cook and stir 10 minutes. Pour in the black beans and beer; simmer until thick, about 15 minutes; garnish with cilantro.

Remarks

Fish Pie

Ingredients

Pastry

  • 2 cups flour
  • 4 tbsp. baking powder
  • 1 tbsp. salt
  • 1/3 cup butter or margarine
  • 1 cup grated cheddar cheese
  • 2 tbsp. finely minced canned large sweet peppers
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 2 tbsp. dry white wine
  • 1 egg

Filling

  • 1 cup canned tuna in oil
  • 1/4 cup mayonaise
  • 1 finely minced hard-cooked egg
  • 2 tbsp. finely minced pickles
  • 2 tbsp. finely minced canned large sweet peppers
  • 2 tbsp. finely minced small sweet peppers
  • 2 tbsp. finely minced onion

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 200 °C. Sift flour, salt and baking powder, and add butter, cheese and sweet pepper. Finely mince the resulting mix, and add milk and wine. Stor unitil it is wel blended. Spread this dough on a table previously sprinkled with flour. Mix all the ingredients for the filling and put this mix on top of the dough. Fold the dough to make a fish pie and seal the outer edge by moistening the dough with water and by pressing the edge with a fork. Baste the fish pie with beaten agg and make a few cuts on the dough so the crust does not crack open while baking. Put it in an oiled aluminium baking pan and bake it for about 24 minutes. Makes 8 servings.

Remarks

  • Serves: 8
  • Source: Cuban Cuisine, Nitza Villapol, 2002, Instituto Cubano Del Libro, Ciudad de La Habana