Costa Rica

 

Recipes from Costa Rica that I coocked:

Arroz con palmito

Flan de coco

Costa Rica

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Coconut flan from Costa Rica

Coconut flan is a very typical dessert in Costa Rica, it is very similar to the coconut pudding I made for Angola, the difference is that today we are using coconut milk and less quantity of grated coconut.

Ingredients:

- 250 grams condensed milk.

- 4 eggs.

- 80 grams grated coconut.

- 250 ml coconut milk.

- 250 ml whole milk.

- 100 grams of sugar for the caramel.

Method:

1- Put the eggs in a bowl and beat well.

 

2- Add coconut milk, whole milk, condensed milk , grated coconut and mix well.

                                  

3- Prepare the caramel by pouring the 100 grams of sugar into a saucepan and placing it over low heat. Gradually, it will start melting and browning. At that moment, you should remove it from the heat and pour it into the baking dish where you will make the flan

4- Pour the mixture into the mold that you have coated with caramel, put it in the microwave at maximum power for 10 minutes. I set it at 750 W power and had to cook it for 13 minutes. To make sure the flan is done, pierce it with a knife, and if it comes out clean, it's ready. It can also be made using a water bath in a regular oven at 350°C for 1 hour.

5- Let it stand overnight in the refrigerator, the next day unmold and serve cold. It's delicious and has a tropical flavor.

Receta en Español

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Rice with hearts of palm - Costa Rica

Rice with heart of palm is a delicious dish very typical from Costa Rica. Additionally, it's simple to cook, and heart of palm can be easily found in Spain at Mercadona.

Ingredients:

- 1 cup of rice.

- 2 cups of water.

- 1 cup of milk.

- 1 cup of evaporated milk or cream.

- 2 tablespoons of oil.

- 2 tablespoons of flour.

- 60 grams of butter.

- 1 onion.

- 1 garlic clove.

- 1 green pepper.

- 1 can of heart of palm.

- White pepper.

- Nutmeg.

- 1 and 1/2 cuos of mozzarella cheese for grting.

- 4 slices of mozzarella cheese.

Method:

1- Cut the onion,garlic,pepper and hearts of palm into litle pieces. Pour the oil in a casserole and fry onion,garlic and pepper until the onion gets transparent.

2- Add the rice and cook for a minute, then add 2 cups of water, put on a high heat until it boils and then put on a low heat and cook covered with a lid for 20 minutes.

3- While the rice cooks, let's do the dairy mixture. Take another casserole, put the butter and the flour, mix well (in a low heat):

4- Add a cup of evaporated milk or cream and another cup of milk, stir and cook at low heat for 5 minutes.

5- Add the heart of palm, salt, pepper and nutmeg, stir well and keep cooking for about 15 minutes.

7- Add the rice, mix well , cook for 5 more minutes and add the slices of mozarella cheese, mix well and pour everything in an oven proof dish.

8- Put some mozzarela cheese to grate on top of all the surface. After that put inside the oven to grate until you see that the cheese gets golden.

Serve hot!

You can also watch the recipe at my Youtube Channel:

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Colombia

 

Recipes from Colombia that I cooked:

Sancocho

 

 Empanadas from Colombia

Aborrajados from Colombia

Colombia

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Sancocho

Sancocho is a staple dish in Colombia, it is also very common in Venezuela, Panama ,Ecuador ,Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Replubic.

This is a stew made from meet or fish and different types of tuber.

I present you the meat Sancocho, with a mix of different types of meat.

Ingredients:

- Spring onion or chive.

- 1 plantain.

- 2 onions.

- Garlic.

- 1 cob of corn.

- 1 yucca.

- 1 potato.

- 1/4 de pumpkin.

- Coriander.

- 3 tomatos.

- Cow meat and chicken .

- Thyme.

- Cumin.

- Oregano.

- Ground garlic.

Method:

1- Cook the meat with some water and salt using a pressure cooker, cook for 15 minutes.

2- Cut the onion and garlic in little pieces, fry until they are soft.

3- Cut chive and coriander.

4- Cut pumpkin and tomato into pieces.

5- Put inside one cooking pot, add meat, salt and the spices thyme, cumin, oregano and ground garlic. Pour some water until all the ingredients are covered. Cook on a medium heat, cover with a lid.

 

6- Cut the plantain in pieces, do not use one knife, use your hands.

7- Cut the potato and yucca, cut the corn cob into two pieces. Put inside the pot , cook until the tubers are soft.

Now the sancocho is ready, serve with white rice or avocado.

Receta en Español

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Colombia