Arroz con Gandules
The rice of Puerto Rican Christmas and every family party: yellow rice with pigeon peas, sofrito, sazón and olives, traditionally crowned with banana leaf. Ingredients: medium-grain rice, pigeon peas (gandules), sofrito, sazón with annatto, ham or salt pork, olives, capers, banana leaf, oil.
What it is
The rice of Puerto Rican Christmas and every family party: yellow rice with pigeon peas, sofrito, sazón and olives, traditionally crowned with banana leaf. Ingredients: medium-grain rice, pigeon peas (gandules), sofrito, sazón with annatto, ham or salt pork, olives, capers, banana leaf, oil. Recipe: 1) Render ham in oil; bloom sofrito and sazón. 2) Add gandules with their liquid and water; bring to a boil. 3) Stir in rinsed rice; cook covered low until tender (a banana leaf under the lid perfumes it). 4) Fold gently; rest. Serve: as the centerpiece beside lechón asado and pasteles. Flavor: savory, annatto-gold, the pigeon peas earthy against salty olives. History: gandules came from Africa via the slave trade routes and became so Puerto Rican that the island's Christmas menu is unthinkable without this caldero. See also: Pasteles, Mofongo.
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