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Recipes with cassava

Explore cassava in our recipes and cocktails, with quantities, timings and step-by-step instructions.

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Thin casabe cakes of yuca, lightly toasted, on a rack.

Yuca Casabe: Home Version with Pre-made Dough

Thin and crispy casabe, made at home using commercial pre-made yuca dough specifically for casabe. Cooked on a griddle and finished drying in the oven.

2 h 5 minMedium

Caimanero ajiaco served in a deep bowl, with fish flakes, pieces of root vegetables, dumplings and cilantro.

Caimanero Ajiaco with Yam and Fish: A Recipe from Isla de la Juventud

Caimanero pinero ajiaco with desalted salted fish, yam, mapén, root vegetables, and coconut milk dumplings. For 6 servings.

1 h 35 minMedium

Grilled spiny lobster served with cassava and criollo mojo.

Grilled Spiny Lobster from the Keys with Criollo Mojo

Grilled spiny lobster, brushed with sour orange criollo mojo and served with boiled cassava. A seasonal Cuban adaptation.

1 hMedium

Complete Cuban Roast Pork with Congrí, Yuca and Avocado

Roasted pork leg in slices, red bean congrí, yuca with mojo and avocado: a complete Cuban meal for 8, with overnight marination.

16 h 30 minMedium

Fried Yuca

Boiled yuca then fried until golden and crispy. Serve with salt and mojo or sprinkled with sugar as a sweet side dish.

45 minEasy

Yuca and Malanga Buñuelos

Cuban yuca and malanga buñuelos shaped like an eight, fried and bathed in cinnamon and vanilla syrup. The sweet of Christmas.

50 minMedium

Yuca rellena

Cassava mash balls stuffed with ground beef picadillo, breaded with cracker meal and fried until golden and crispy.

1 hMedium

Yuca con Mojo

Boiled yuca, very tender, bathed in criollo mojo of garlic, hot oil, and sour orange. The quintessential Cuban side dish.

40 minEasy