History:
This is a traditional Cuban dish. When people talk about Cuban food, at some point Ropa Vieja [Old Clothes] and Picadillo will come up. We are going to do a Ropa Vieja later this week, but Thursday night I was craving good old Cuban food. We served this with black beans and rice, another Cuban tradition. This is mi Abuela's version. The olives and raisins trend to freak people out, but trust me... the sweet tanginess of it is great.
And an ode to Clark:
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 20-25 minutes
Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients:
Olive oil, 1 onion, 1 green pepper, garlic, cayenne pepper, 1.5-2 pounds lean ground beef [lean is important here], 3-4 tomatoes [deseeded and chopped], cumin, salt, pepper, ~1/3 cup of raisins, ~1/3 cup of Spanish olives
Heat the oil, then saute diced onions, diced pepper, and garlic. Add the cayenne pepper. Add the beef and brown. Add the tomatoes, cumin, raisins, and olives [cut into 1/3rds]. Simmer for about 15 minutes. Enjoy.
This blog is written by two pharmacy students who really like to cook. A lot. While sitting down to our most recent feast of magnificence we started commenting on the string of consecutive delicious productions we had made over the week. We were having trouble remembering everything and one of us jokingly said that we should start a blog and just talk about the food we make. So here it is. This is what we made to eat.
I'm going to go ahead and throw out an apology for the lack of posting. I'm on a critical care rotation and Jake is doing cardiology. They're both very demanding. I leave the house around 6:30am and I usually don't get home til about 10pm. Jake's schedule is very similar. There isn't much cooking going on these days. Look for a return to life at the end of this month when I get a break.
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