Puerto Rico (All About It)

Puertorican Food

1. Pasteles = consist of a mass composed mainly of yautía and green bananas stuffed with meat and wrapped in banana leaf or banana. Very similar to Mexican tamales. Although his work is tradition more than a century ago, it was not until 1931 that his recipe appeared in a cookbook. (Cocinalatina.com)2. Mofongo = is an Afro-Puerto Rican dish with fried plantains as its main ingredient. Green banana and mashed with salt and water on a wooden pylon, a cooking device also known as mortar and pestle. (Wikipedia.com)3. Alcapurrias = It is prepared with a mixture whose main ingredient is green banana and some add yautia, both grated. Sometimes grated green bananas are also added. The dough is filled with hash. In coastal kiosks it is common to find alcapurrias stuffed with stew of jueyes. Traditionally they have cylindrical shape and can be fried fresh or frozen.4. Majarete = This rich rice with milk made with cinnamon and lemon or orange peel, uses rice flour to make it silky. If you wish, use coconut milk instead of water. (Elmejornido.com)5. Relleno de Papa = mashed potato stuffed with ground meat or as it is known in other places as hash.6. Pastelillo = pasta disks filled with meat or cheese or guava.7. Tembleque = It is made with coconut milk and sprinkled with cinnamon to give it a special flavor. Although firm as gelatin, it has a creamy consistency. Puerto Ricans make it mostly during the Christmas season, but can be enjoyed at any time of the year. (Cocinalatina.com)8. Sorullitos de Maíz = fritters made with corn.9. Arroz con Dulce = is a Puerto Rican dessert that makes an appearance in the Christmas and New Year's Eve parties. It consists of medium or short grain rice cooked in a ginger tea with spices, coconut milk and coconut cream. It has a similarity to rice pudding, but it is a sweeter, thicker and spice-flavored dessert.10. Lechón Asado = cooked pork on a stick.

11. Pitorro = Pico-or Ron Cañita, as it is also known-is nothing more than cane rum hand-distilled and cured or fermented for more than a year with fruits, citrus fruits, nuts and other foods. 

 12. Coquito = is a typical liquor of Christmas in Puerto Rico. Its basic ingredients are coconut milk, coconut cream, white rum, evaporated milk, condensed milk, cinnamon and vanilla. Although it is possible to find recipes with other ingredients such as brandy and egg (with the latter is also known as punch). It is served well cold. Being a liquor can be taken alone, after dessert, or during party hors d'oeuvres. (Sazónboricua.com) 

 13. Piragua = not a boat or canoe for Puerto Ricans, no. But it is a frozen pyramid-shaped snack that is sold in villages, squares and traditional patron saint festivities. They are much enjoyed in Old San Juan (Capital) and in New York (USA), where there are many Boricuas.  

14. Maví= El mabí es una bebida a base de corteza de árbol consumida ampliamente en el Caribe insular. Haití y la República Dominicana son los dos principales exportadores de la corteza y las hojas. A menudo, la bebida se fermenta usando una porción del lote listo, aunque a veces se consume sin fermentar. El mabí a menudo se compra como jarabe y se mezcla con agua (carbonatada o normal) al gusto del consumidor, pero mucha gente aún lo hace en casa. Su sabor es inicialmente dulce, parecido a la cerveza de raíz, pero cambia a un retrogusto amargo, prolongado pero no astringente. Para muchos es un sabor adquirido, y se sabe que causa una inesperada reacción laxante a muchos que la toman por primera vez. (cocinalatina.com)

15. Limbers= Hacerlos es algo simple y puede ser bien nutritivo si se hacen con frutas frescas. Se mezcla el puré o jugo de tu fruta favorita con azúcar a gusto y agua. La mezcla se echa entonces en vasos desechables pequeños y se ponen a congelar en la nevera hasta que estén listos. ¡Así de fácil! (cocinalatina.com)

16. Piña Colada= Piña colada es el nombre con que se conoce una bebida alcohólica dulce que se prepara con ron, crema de coco y zumo de piña. Se acompaña habitualmente con una rodaja de piña. La Piña Colada es originaria y la bebida oficial de Puerto Rico desde 1978.

17. Guanimes= es harina de maíz, lecho de coco y bacalao, todo enrollado. (sazónboricua.com)

18. Casabe de Cassava (or simply cassava or cassava) = is a good unleavened bread, crunchy, thin and circular made of cassava flour, this is roasted in a budare, comal or grilled. Its production and consumption goes back to pre-Hispanic times; Is made from cassava or cassava. This is of Caribbean origin. 

19. Palo Viejo = Ron from Puerto Rico 

 20. Relleno de Panapén = This Caribbean fry is a complete dish by itself because it consists of Pana or as it is known in other places (Panapén) mound stuffed with Hash (Meat Ground although some alternate with Corned Beef). (Cocinalatina.about.com) 

 21. Puertorican Coffee (Yaucono) = 4 cups of water over high heat in a small pot. Once the water boils, pour 4 tablespoons of country coffee flour and mix well. Let it boil again and remove the pot from the burner. Pour into a strainer (cloth) that should be on a container to serve coffee. In another small pot boil the milk. Pour milk into the cup and add sugar and coffee as you like. 

22.Horchata = You have a packet of sesame seeds, wait until it cools and you pass it to the liquidator (Osterizer) with a little water to release. Then pass through the sieve and shake it in a container with evaporated milk. Then you put the sugar you want and ready. This drink is Mexican, but it is very common in our fields.