Every 2 weeks we will present you a
Costa Rican main dish and a dessert.
Any suggestions and comments will be welcome.
Today, our first recipe will be "Gallo Pinto"
Costa Rica's Most famous Dish.
Gallo Pinto
or
Rice and Beans
Ingredients:
3 tablespoons of oil
1 tablespoons of Salsa Lizano * Sauce
1 1/2 cups of cooked black beans
2 1/2 cups of cooked rice
2 tablespoons of bell pepper chopped
2 tablespoons of chopped onions
1 tablespoon of chopped coriander
*or Worchester Sauce
Saute the onion and bell pepper in a pan for about
2 minutes, add the black beans and the Sauce, leave that
for about 10 minutes at medium heat. Once it's done, add
the cooked rice and mix with the coriander. You can always
add eggs or mixed with bacon strips or sausage.
Tres Leches
or
Milk cake
Ingredients:
baked cake*
Filling
2 cups milk
1 can of condensed milk
1 can of evaporated milk
1 quart of half'n'half
vanilla
1 cup of sugar
*Mix sugar and butter cream until fluffy, add 4 eggs and
vanilla blend all together with the2 cups of flour with baking
powder. Pour into a greased rectangularpyrex and bake for
30 minutos.
Once the cake is ready and cold, add the filling (milk,
condensed milk, evaporated milk) combine the 3 milks and soak
the cake with it.
If you want, you can add whipped cream (Sugar and half &
half) and spread on top of the cake.
keep it on the refrigerator for about 1 hour.
You can use fresh fruits on top of the cake (strawberrys or
cherries).
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