Zesty tastes of Puerto Rico are worth searching for – Miami From: miamiherald.com
Tagged: children, Chile, Cuba, Cuban, Dominican Republic, Florida, Miami, Puerto RicanPosted on: May 8th, 2008
Mofongo! It sounds like a battle cry.
Actually, it’s a word of African pedigree for a classic Puerto Rican preparation of mashed green plantains with garlic and pork crackling. Like many dishes from La Isla, as its children call it, mofongo has much in common with classics from Cuba (fufú) and the Dominican Republic (mangú).
If Cuban dishes can be faulted for being a bit bland, Puerto Rico’s are zesty, with the criollo taste kicked up by the enthusiastic use of cilantro and culantro, as well as the mildly peppy chile called ají dulce.”*
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