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Hispanic food covers the culinary traditions of Puerto Rico, Mexico, Cuba, South and Central America. These countries have Spanish cultures and origins. Hispanic food varies from each town, family and region.
Hispanic groups usually like to eat their food with rice. Other Hispanics like to mix their meals with beans, potatoes, quinoa and wheat or cassava. These foods are not similar to your basic nachos, tacos, tamales and enchiladas. They have their individual mainstreams of menu items, from the main dishes, desserts and appetizers up to the beverages.
Listed below are different types of Traditional Hispanic Recipes:
1. Picadillo Tacos
Ingredients:
• 1 large chopped onion
• 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• 2 pounds lean ground pork
• ¾ cup Sun-Maid Natural Raisins
• 1 can or 15 ounce tomato sauce
• ½ cup pimento-stuffed green olives sliced
• Salt and pepper
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 12 purchased taco or tostada shells
• 3 cups shredded lettuce
• 1 ½ cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese
• 1 ½ cups coarsely grated radish
• Lime wedges
Directions:
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
• Add garlic and onion, cook for about 3 minutes.
• Cook until it becomes soft.
• Add some pork.
• Increase the heat and stir, breaking up the large pieces (cook until the pork is no longer pinkish in color).
• Add tomato sauce, raisins, cinnamon, olives, pepper and salt to taste.
• Simmer, stirring occasionally for about 10 minutes or until the sauce has thickened.
• Divide warm picadillos between its shells.
• Serve this topped with radish, cheese, lettuce and a squeeze of lime.
2. Sweet Raisin Tamales
Ingredients:
• 35 pcs cork husks
• 1 ½ c butter
• 3 pounds corn masa (prepared, for tamales)
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons of baking powder
• 1 ½ cup of Sun-Maid Natural Raisins
Directions:
• Soak the corn husks in hot water for about 30 minutes or until the corn husks are soft.
• Combine the prepared masa with baking powder, sugar and butter using a large deep bowl.
• Mix until it becomes smooth, using a heavy spoon or electric mixer.
• Spoon about two teaspoons of raisin-masa mixture in a mound of about 1 x 3 inches, particularly on the length and center of corn husks.
• Roll the long side of husks over some filling.
• Fold the narrow the end of the husks up and tie it with a strip of corn husk, leaving the top end open or twisting both ends and tying it.
• Steam the tamales for about 45 minutes.
• The corn husks should pull away from the masa when it's done.
• Serve warm.
3. Raisin Salsa
Ingredients:
• 1 medium tomato
• 1 medium red onion
• ½ bunch of cilantro
• 1/3 cup sweet pickle relish
• 1/3 cup ketchup
• 2 cloves garlic
• 2 jalapeno peppers stem and seeds removed
• Juice of 1 lime
• ¾ cup of Sun-Maid Natural Raisins
• Salt
Directions:
• Beat all the ingredients, except for the raisins, inside the food processor for about 10 minutes or until it becomes coarsely chopped.
• Transfer the mixture onto a large bowl.
• Stir in the raisins.
• Salt to taste.
• Let this stand for about 15 minutes so that the flavor blends.
Dessert is usually served at the end of a meal. It is usually sweet and very flavorful. Usual desserts served after meals are:
• Cookies
• Cakes
• Ice cream
• Pastries
• And Candies
Here are some dessert recipes you can try at home:
1. Spicy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Ingredients:
• ½ cup white sugar
• ½ cup butter flavored shortening
• 1 cup packed light brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 cup raisin
• 3 cups rolled oats
Directions:
• Preheat your microwave or oven to about 350o F.
• In a big bowl, smoothen together some butter, butter flavored shortening brown sugar, eggs, white sugar and vanilla until creamy.
• Combine the baking soda, flour, cloves, salt and cinnamon.
• Mix in the raisins and oats.
• Bake it for about ten to twelve minutes until it becomes golden and light (but do not over bake).
• Let it cool down for two minutes before you remove it from the cookie sheet.
2. Banana Split Dessert
Ingredients:
• 2 sticks of butter
• 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 2 cups sifted confectioner's sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 4 bananas
• 1 lg. cool whip
• 1 can drained crushed pineapples
• ½ cup chopped walnuts
Directions:
• Combine two cups of graham cracker crumbs with one stick of butter.
• Spread this into a closed pan and refrigerate.
• Combine two cups sifted confectioner's sugar with two eggs, one stick of butter and one teaspoon of vanilla extract.
• Beat it for about five minutes until it becomes fluffy.
• Spread over the first mixture.
• Slice four to five bananas over the cream mixture.
• Spread one can of drained crushed pineapple over the bananas.
• Spread the large cool whip over the pineapple.
• Sprinkle chopped walnuts on the cool whip.
• Keep this refrigerated until ready to serve.
3. Baked Fudge Dessert
Ingredients:
Batter
• 3 tablespoons shortening
• 1 cup flour
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup chopped nuts
• ¾ cup of sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ½ cup of milk
Directions:
• In a large bowl, combine sugar, cream shortening, baking powder, flour and salt.
• Add, alternately, the milk and chopped nuts.
• Pour it into an eight inch ungreased pan.
Toppings:
• ¼ cup of cocoa
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup of brown sugar
• 1 cup of boiling water
Directions:
• Blend cocoa with brown sugar and salt.
• Sprinkle it over the batter.
• Pour the boiling water.
• Bake it for about 375o F (approximately 40 minutes)
• Serve this warm with ice cream.
4. Baked Banana and Peach Dessert
Ingredients:
• 2 peaches, chopped or sliced
• ½ teaspoon of vanilla
• 1 tablespoon of sugar
• 2 bananas, sliced in half lengthwise
Directions:
• In a small sauce pan, mix in vanilla, sugar and peach puree.
• Heat it onto a boiling stage.
• Cover and allow simmering for about one minute, stirring occasionally.
• Place the banana half in small baking dishes or squares of foil
• Cover each half banana with 2 teaspoonful of peach sauce.
• Fold the foil, closing and placing it inside the baking sheet.
• Bake this for about 400o F (approximately 15 minutes in the oven).
• Serve warm.