
A short list of Colombian foods that I associate with the wonderful Christmas-time feasts (ok, any time of year) included the following:
- Lechona (roast whole pig with this amazing stuffing that I will share once I ask my mom!)
- Fritanga. This is a term for a feast meal (sorta like New England Clam Bake):
Patacones (double fried green plantains)
Yucas Fritas (boiled and then deep fried yuca slices – yuca = cassava root in English)
Empanadas (deep fried finger length meat filled yellow masa covered “turnoversâ€)
Pique (an oniony, limey, vinagary concoction you spoon onto these foods)
Chicharrones (deep fried fat back)
Arepas (corn meal cakes, grilled, soaked in butter and sprinkled with salt)
- Sancocho (chicken or beef soup base, cut up plantains –not fried-, yuca pieces, onions, cominos, cilantro, limon, cooked for hours)
- Arepa de huevos (hand size arepa that’s been grilled, opened along the side, egg inserted, pinched closed, dropped in hot fat, fried till sealed closed and egg slightly cooked)
- Tamal (communal effort to make no end to beef, pork, and/or chicken filling, peas, yucas, potatoes, all nestled in a masa harina paste that lies in a foil pouch, all closed up and steamed, best eaten at midnight)
- Natilla (corn pudding like substance that I will NOT be making – blech)
- so much more! So little time!
We will see how far we get.
Check back for our photo diary of these recipes and actual recipes!
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- How-2 guide on how to make Platanos (fried plantains or tostones)
- Yucas Fritas (Fried Yucas or Cassava Root) Recipe and How 2 photos
- Empanadas - The Recipe
- Flash Flickr Movie of How to make Colombian Empanadas
- Chicharron - Deep fried pork belly - How To
- How to make Colombian Empanadas - directions
- Latest full recipe for Colombian Bunuelos (2006 post)
- Last year’s Christmas Bunuelo Decadence
- A Colombian breakfast How-2 guide
- Colombian Frescos
- Lechona preparation




2 comments for this entry ↓
1 Michele // Dec 22, 2005 at 2:10 am
Everything sounds so delicious, I can’t wait to see the recipes!
2 nika // Dec 22, 2005 at 7:23 am
Michele, We are cooking and taking lots of pictures so when some of this craziness blows over (tomorrow) we will be posting up the first ones!
Nika
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