Cuban recipe
Cuban Chorizo and Cream Cheese Bocaditos
Soft Cuban rolls filled with a cold chorizo and cream cheese spread, with no cooking required. Perfect for parties and snacks.
- Preparation20 min
- Total time40 min
- Servings24 bocaditos
- DifficultyEasy
These bocaditos are a modern, cold version of the classic party sandwich: instead of slices or a pressed filling, cured chorizo is blended with cream cheese to make a smooth, spreadable paste with an appetizing reddish-orange color.
They are served in small, round, soft Cuban rolls, like those that are a must on a birthday or snack platter. They need no oven or stovetop: just process, chill and fill.
Ingredients
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Method
- Check that the chorizo is cured and ready to eat, or fully cooked; do not use raw fresh chorizo in a cold spread. Remove the casing and cut it into very small cubes. Drain the bell pepper well.
AI-generated image.CiberCuba - Pulse the chorizo with the cream cheese and mayonnaise until you have a smooth, reddish-orange, spreadable paste with no large chunks.
AI-generated image.CiberCuba - Add the bell pepper and lemon juice and blend briefly to combine, taking care not to make the mixture watery. Taste and adjust with pepper if needed, without adding salt before tasting.
AI-generated image.CiberCuba - Chill the spread in the refrigerator for 15 to 20 minutes to firm up.
- Slice the rolls horizontally, spread the cold filling on each one and close them. Keep them refrigerated until serving, at 4 °C or below, without leaving them unrefrigerated for more than 2 hours (1 hour if the temperature is above 32 °C).
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