Recipes
Mincemeat Havana-style
Ingredients for four people:
- 500g minced beef
- 1 onion
- 2 red peppers
- 4 garlic cloves
- 4 tomatoes
- 100g black olives
- 2 tbsp tomato purée
- 0.1l dry white wine
- oil, salt, pepper
- rice for four people
- 2 green bananas
Fry the mincemeat in the oil; steam the finely chopped onion, garlic, pepper, olives and tomatoes in a second pan until tender, add the tomato purée and white wine and cook for a further two minutes. Stir in the minced meat, add salt and pepper to taste. With this are served white rice and green bananas: peel the bananas and cut into pieces about two fingers wide, heat in cold oil and fry on both sides until golden-brown, drip dry and press flat, return them to the hot oil and fry for a further three minutes; salt lightly.
Cocktails
Cuba Libre
- 4-6cl Havana Club 3 y.o. or Añejo Reserva
- Cola
- Lime
Put some ice cubes in a long glass, add lemon or lime juice (best freshly pressed). Add the rum and top up with Cola, finally stir well.
Daiquiri
- 5 cl Havana Club 3 y.o. or Silver
- 3 cl lime juice, freshly pressed
- 1.5 cl cane sugar syrup or 2 teaspoons of white cane sugar
- Ice cubes/crushed ice
Put all ingredients in a cocktail shaker and mix well.
Mojito
- 6 cl Havana Club 3 y.o. or Silver Dry
- 1/2 teaspoon very fine white cane sugar
- 1/2 bis 1 lime
- Soda water and fresh mint
Put the cane sugar in a cocktail glass and press out the lime over it. Add a few fresh mint leaves and press lightly with a long spoon (or wooden pummel). Add 6 cl Havana Club 3 y.o. or Silver Dry, soak with soda water, stir well and top up with ice cubes. Decorate before serving with a sprig of mint.