CUBAN SANDWICH

Traditional Ingredients:

3 slices (almost shaved) of boiled ham
3 slices of turkey (optional)
3 slices roast pork hot or cold
3 slices of salami
3 slices of Swiss cheese
3 or 4 slices of pickles
1/3 cut Cuban bread hard crust

Optional Ingredients:

3 slices of tomato
4 slices of green bell pepper
3 slices onion
1/3 cut French or Cuban bread
1 leaf romaine lettuce
mayonnaise, mustard to taste

It is important that the sandwich be prepared on Cuban bread, French or Italian bread - any artisan style bread with a hard crust.
All cold cuts should be sliced very thinly; almost shaved. Slice the bread in an open faced fashion and spread lightly with mustard first, then with mayonnaise. Remember this is not entirely traditional, but still good.

Add the ham (roast pork), turkey and salami. Next add a layer of tomato, pepper, onion and lettuce. Top the sandwich and press.

Press the sandwich on a hot skillet with a weight on top. A suitable weight would be a heavy (clean) cast iron skillet that has been heated until sizzling.

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Pork Stew (Cuban Food Recipe)

2 tablespoons of all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon of black pepper
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 lb. pork chunks (1 inch cubes)
2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
1 small onion - chopped
2 garlic cloves - chopped finely 2 stalks of celery - chopped
2 carrots - peeled & sliced
1 potato - peeled & cut into chunks
1 can of diced tomatoes (undrained)
1/2 teaspoon Badia dried thyme
1 teaspoon instant pork bouillon

Combine flour, pepper & salt in a mixing bowl. Mix in pork until coated. Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add pork, onion, garlic & celery. Stir frequently and cook for 6-8 minutes. Add carrots, diced tomatoes, thyme & bouillon. Bring to a boil & reduce heat to low and cover. Stir occasionally and add potato after 25 minutes. Continue cooking and stirring occasionally for 30 minutes or until pork is tender.

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Fricase de Pollo recipe (Cuban Food Recipe)

4 lbs chicken fryer cut in 8 pieces
6 garlic cloves, cut up
1/2 cup sour orange juice (or mix half-half lime and orange)
1 lg onion sliced
1 lg bell pepper sliced
1 small can tomato sauce
Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
1 small can Petit Pois (English Peas)
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup raisins
1/4 cup sliced pimiento filled olives
1 tsp capers
1 cup dry Sherry Wine (*)
1 lb potatoes, peeled and quartered

Marinade chicken pieces in garlic cloves, citrus juice, onion and bell pepper for at least one hour. Heat oil and brown chicken. Add onion, pepper and citrus from the marinade. Add tomato sauce, raisins, olives, capers, Sherry, salt & pepper. Add water to cover the chicken. Add the potato pieces in the last 20 minutes of cooking. Add the can of small peas just before serving.

Wonderful over fluffy white rice.

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