Cuban Recipes

Spicy Ground Beef ( Picadillo)

• 1 1/2 lbs. ground beef
• 1 1/2 tsp. Adobo All-Purpose Seasoning
• 2 tablespoon. Olive Oil
• 1 cup finely chopped onion
• 1/2 cup finely diced green pepper
• 1 tsp. Minced Garlic or 2 cloves minced garlic
• 1/2 tsp. dried oregano
• 1 8 ounces can Tomato Sauce
• 1 tablespoon. Red Cooking Wine
• 1 tablespoon. Cider Vinegar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/4 cup Pimientos, diced
• 1/4 cup Pitted Spanish Olives, sliced

Basic black beans

Ingredients:

• 14 oz Dried black beans
• 2 qt Water
• 1/8 ts Baking soda
• 1/2 ts Ground oregano
• 2 ts Ground cumin
• 1 ea Green pepper quartered
• 1/2 ea Onion finely chopped
• 3 tb Minced garlic
• 1/4 c Olive oil
• 3 tb Cider vinegar
• 1/4 c Sherry wine

Instructions:
Salt to taste Rinse beans and discard any stones. In a large pot soak beans overnight in water with baking soda oregano cumin and green pepper. The next day add onion garlic olive oil cider vinegar sherry and salt to the water and cook on medium-low heat for about 3 hours or until the beans are very tender and liquid is reduced and somewhat thickened. Make sure liquid in pot does not entirely boil away. To prevent beans from burning add more water when necessary.