Cubacasting — A First-Person Cuba Notebook — Reporting From Havana, Santiago, Trinidad, and the Cuban-American Diaspora on Music, Film, Food, Daily Life, and the Slow Texture of an Island That Refuses Any Single Way of Being Described

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A First-Person Cuba Notebook — Reporting From Havana, Santiago, Trinidad, and the Cuban-American Diaspora on Music, Film, Food, Daily Life, and the Slow Texture of an Island That Refuses Any Single Way of Being Described

  • 304 recipes tested
  • 8 cuisines covered
  • 3× tested in our kitchen
  • CC BY free to remix
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  • Prep 16m
  • Cook 56m
  • Total 72m
  • Yield 3 servings

Method

  1. 01
    Mise en place

    Set out all ingredients. Measured, peeled, chopped. Twenty minutes here saves an hour later.

  2. 02
    Build the base

    Heat a heavy pan over medium. Aromatics first — the difference between flat and finished.

  3. 03
    Marry the flavours

    Add the next layer. Stir, scrape, watch the colour shift. Patience pays in fond.

  4. 04
    Bring it together

    Combine the worked-up base with the longer-cook ingredients. Cover, lower the heat.

  5. 05
    Rest, then serve

    Off the heat, rest five minutes. Taste, adjust salt, finish with acid. Plate.

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