From Sasha Martin, Globaltableadventure.com, a truly amazing blog: “Carbonada en Zapallo is a traditional Christmas dish in Argentina, it also makes a wonderful dish for Halloween or Thanksgiving potlucks. It’s best to bake the pumpkin on something you can use for serving because trying to lift a softened pumpkin full of soup … well, let’s just say it begs to crack in half and spill everywhere. If this is not an option, roast the pumpkin on a baking sheet until well browned – about an hour and fifteen minutes, remove to serving platter and fill with completely cooked soup right before serving.” Check out her blog about cooking the world!
Posted for ZWT7- Central and South America. I found this on alleasyrecipes.com. Note: Zaar doesn’t recognize the calf’s foot cut in 4 pieces so I put it here. You probably can’t buy one anyway but its part of the recipe.
Here’s a recipe for a Jewish dish which was originally designed to be cooked over a campfire. This stew is a dish typical of the cooking of a group of Jews who left Russia in the late nineteenth century to form an agricultural community in Argentina. Some of the early pioneers became gauchos and would have cooked this stew over a camp fire in a clay pot called a cazuela, from whic
This is the national dish of Angola, at least according to Wikipedia. It gets is characteristic flavor from red palm oil which gets its color from lycopene. It is also antioxidant rich and studies have shown it can help prevent heart disease by regulating the balance between good and bad cholesterol. You can find it in health food stores. Serve this dish with boiled yuca (cassava) or over rice. Prep time does not include marinating time.
September sees the start of the season of Okra and yes, it can be a slimy gooey vegetable if not handled right! This Albanian Lamb and Okra Stew is really quick to make, the smell is amazing and has a good balance of soft Okra but not gooey. The key to this Okra stew is not to pierce any holes in the Okra as this prevents them from going too slimy. Before you start this recipe you need to decide if you will use homemade stock or store brought. To make homemade stock it is best to use lamb chops or shanks.
