Best Blueberry Pie is a crowd pleaser. Once you try this recipe, oh boy! you will get hooked. It truly melts in your mouth and the taste is totally amazing and addictive. The filling is adapted from a recipe that my friend Cristina’s mother in law, Marisita, gave me a few months ago. I first…
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Meat Lasagna
As I have mentioned before, lasagnas are great alternatives for boat and fishing trips. Last week, it was Club Nautico de San Juan‘s International Billfish Tournament, the longest consecutive fishing tournament in the world (57 years). Anglers from all over the world come to Puerto Rico to this tag-and-release tournament and its a week full…
Basic Tomato Sauce
I use this basic tomato sauce for many dishes including as a dipping sauce for mozzarella sticks, fried calamari, for meat or eggplant lasagna, spaghetti with meatballs, penne all’arrabiatta, vodka sauce, pizza sauce, soups and Mom’s one-pot-spaghetti among others. It is very simple and versatile, just use your imagination. Enjoy! Basic Tomato Sauce (yields 3…
Sweet Pie Dough
This sweet pie dough recipe is the best I have found so far. Relatively easy to make, consistent results and so good!!!!!!! I have been reading Cook’s Illustrated magazine for many years. I find this magazine’s detailed recipes, tips and experiments full of valuable information as well as fun. If you haven’t had the chance…
Strawberry Butter
It is no mystery that we like to entertain at home. When we have guests over for dinner, I like to offer at least one thing that they don’t have in their fridge or couldn’t readily buy in the supermarket. A homemade appetizer, a twist on a traditional dish or something as simple as this…
Sangria
Sangria is the best antidote for a hot summer afternoon. My recipe has never let me down and is always a great success when I prepare for my guests. Easy, refreshing, not overly sweet and mild alcohol content. This drink can be served in a pitcher, punchbowl or a classic beverage dispenser with spigot. I…
Ceasar Salad Dressing
Ceasar Salad is near the top of my list of favorite lunch or side dish alternatives. I admit I am very picky about the way the dressing should taste so the solution to this problem is to make my own dressing. Simply put, some restaurants have very bad commercial Ceasar Salad Dressings! Others are heavenly!…
Mojito Caribeño
Tostones, twice fried green plantains or breadfruit (pana) patties, are a staple in caribbean cuisine and often served as a side dish, appetizer or snack. They are called “patacones” or “tachinos” in some South American countries and can be made fresh or nowadays they also come frozen. Some people season them with plain salt, garlic…
Ensaimada de Mallorca
In a few weeks I will be attending a family reunion of the Arbona side of the family. My great-grandfather came to Puerto Rico from Mallorca, in the Balearic Islands (Spain) in the late 1800’s. In short, he went back, got married, had his children and they returned to Puerto Rico due to the Spanish…
Cucumber Tea Sandwiches
One of the best investments I have made for my “batterie de cuisine” is buying a good mandoline. A mandoline is a kitchen utensil used for slicing, julienne or crinkle cut vegetables. One of the many advantages is the speed and uniformity in the thickness in which slicing can be done with very little effort….