Recipes

Ingredients: 

• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 1 lb ground beef (lean) 
• 1 onion, chopped
• ½ green pepper, chopped
• 8 garlic cloves, minced
• 1  can tomato sauce
• ¾ cup white wine 
• 2 bay leaves 
• ¼ teaspoon ground cumin 
• ½ teaspoon black pepper 
• 1 teaspoon salt 
• ? cup raisins 
• ½ green olives 
• 2 potatoes, cubed 
• ½ cup oil for frying 

Directions:

Step 1: Heat 2 tsp oil in a large skillet over high heat and brown ground beef.

Step 2: Add onions, green peppers and garlic, and sautéed for 2-3 minutes.

Step 3: Lower the heat and add tomato sauce, wine, bay leaves, cumin, salt and pepper. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes.

Step 4: While the picadillo is simmering, in a small pot heat ½ oil over medium high heat.

Step 5: Fry the potatoes in 2 batches until golden (5-7 minutes).

Step 6: Remove the fried potatoes from the oil and place on a paper towel lined plate.

Step 7:  To the simmered picadillo, add the raisins and fried potatoes, simmer for another 5 minutes.

Step 8: Turn off the heat and add the olives.

Step 9:  Serve the picadillo with rice and fried plantains.