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Traditional Cuban recipes and cocktails.

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Recipes with cornmeal

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

6 recipes

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Golden cornmeal keques on a plate, with one cake cut open to show the interior.

Cornmeal Keques

Savory cornmeal cakes made with cooked cornmeal, egg and milk, golden brown in a lightly greased skillet. Current version of a 1925 Cuban recipe.

1 h 20 minMedium
Creamy cornmeal with clean jaiba crab meat, finished with chopped parsley in a pot.

Cornmeal with Crabs

Fine cornmeal with sofrito and jaiba crab meat, thick and creamy. A modern version of the preparation recorded in Delicias de la Mesa, from 1925.

1 hEasy
Salty and creamy cornmeal with pork cubes and sofrito, served in a bowl.

Cornmeal with Pork and Cuban Sofrito

Savory, creamy cornmeal served with a spoon, featuring chunks of pork loin and a Cuban sofrito of onion, bell pepper, garlic, and tomato.

1 h 40 minEasy
Cuban tamal en cazuela prepared with canned corn, pork meat and sofrito.

Tamal en cazuela with canned corn

Prepare Cuban tamal en cazuela with canned sweet corn, pork and sofrito. Without fresh cobs, with a creamy texture and the taste of home.

1 h 10 minEasy
Tamales with canned corn

Tamales with Canned Corn

Cuban tamales with canned sweet corn and stewed pork, wrapped in zip bags and aluminum foil. The perfect solution when fresh corn cobs are unavailable.

2 hMedium
Sweet cornmeal

Sweet cornmeal

Cornmeal cooked with milk, sugar, cinnamon or lemon and vanilla. A simple and comforting Cuban sweet, to be eaten hot or cold.

1 hEasy