Hello again, everyone! We know it’s been a while. Life keeps throwing new things — mostly good things — at us, and it’s during these times that meals tend to be less planned and more thought up on the spot, with a mix of old favorites and random experiments that may or may not work. […]
Cubanisms
Brown Bean Soup
Brown bean soup was my favorite bean soup growing up, and to this day it’s still comforting to me. It’s an easy soup to make well. For the adventurous cook, these beans are a blank canvas. You can do so much with them.
So, what exactly is Sofrito?
Sofrito is all about beginnings. As you get accustomed to Cuban cooking, the sofrito is the expected spice base in what you’re making. When I ask my mother how to cook such and such food, she usually says something like, “First, you make your sofrito,” or “Once the meat is browned, you add your sofrito.” The sofrito is pretty consistently present in the typical Cuban dish.