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Dessert Puerto Rico

Puerto Rican arroz con dulce: rice simmered in a cinnamon, clove and ginger tea with coconut milk, set cold and dusted with cinnamon.

Isela PostAugust 24, 2026

Dinner Puerto Rico

Puerto Rican pasteles: green banana masa with annatto oil wrapped around stewed pork in banana leaf, tied in pairs and boiled.

Isela PostAugust 24, 2026

Beverage Puerto Rico

Puerto Rican coquito: coconut milk, cream of coconut, condensed milk and white rum, blended cold and poured small at Christmas.

Isela PostAugust 24, 2026

Lunch Puerto Rico

Puerto Rican pernil: pork shoulder marinated overnight with garlic, oregano and sofrito, then roasted low until the cuerito shatters.

Isela PostAugust 24, 2026

Puerto Rico Snacks

Puerto Rican bacalaitos: salt cod in a seasoned flour batter, thrown by the ladle into shallow oil and fried thin, ragged and crisp.

Isela PostAugust 24, 2026

Puerto Rico Snacks

Puerto Rican alcapurrias: green banana and yautia masa coloured with annatto, stuffed with picadillo and fried until brittle.

Isela PostAugust 24, 2026

Lunch Puerto Rico

Arroz con gandules, the Puerto Rican rice and pigeon peas built on sofrito, achiote and ham, cooked in one pot.

Chica PostAugust 24, 2026

Puerto Rico Sauces

This sofrito recipe provides beautiful depth and complexity of flavor to rice (see Arroz con Gandules recipe) or can be used as a marinade.

Joe PostAugust 24, 2026

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