Nicaragua
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Nacatamales
The Sunday tamale of Nicaragua: nacatamales — great banana-leaf parcels of corn masa with pork, rice, potatoes, tomatoes, mint and chiles, steamed for hours — the weekend's labour of love. Ingredients: corn masa, pork, r…
Vaho
The banana-leaf beef: vaho (baho) — beef brisket layered with yuca, green and ripe plantains and cabbage, steamed over banana leaves in a sealed pot — Nicaragua's Sunday steam. Ingredients: beef brisket (marinated in bit…
Gallo Pinto (Nicaraguan)
Nicaragua's gallo pinto: rice and red beans fried with onions and served with cuajada cheese, cream, plantains and tortillas at breakfast — the other claimant to the gallo pinto crown, with red beans as its flag. Ingredi…
Pinolillo
The corn drink of the markets: pinolillo — toasted corn and cacao ground and whisked into water or milk with cinnamon and sugar — Nicaragua's national drink (nicaragüenses call themselves 'pinoleros'). Ingredients: toast…
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