Puerto Rico

Recipes by the places recorded in their sources.

Puerto Rico

6 recipes

Peruvian salsa golf with capers and orange zest in a small white bowl.

Salsa golf / pink sauce

A cold mayonnaise-and-tomato condiment family with distinct documented forms in Argentina, Peru and Puerto Rico; this draft records a Peruvian caper-and-orange version and keeps its regional relatives separate.

Argentina
· Condiments
Proposed garlic-and-lime mayoketchup in a plain bowl, served beside golden fried cornmeal sticks.
Elevated risk

Mayoketchup with garlic and lime

Mayonnaise and ketchup with garlic powder and lime make this proposed dipping sauce for surullitos; its ratio is an original, untested choice, not a Puerto Rican standard.

Puerto Rico · Modern adaptation
· Condiments
Photograph of Puerto Rican sofrito (recaíto).

Puerto Rican sofrito (recaíto)

Puerto Rican sofrito, also called recaíto, is a raw paste of culantro, ají dulce, onion, garlic and peppers that starts many island dishes.

Puerto Rico
Condiments
Illustrative Puerto Rican pan sobao: two soft, lightly golden elongated loaves, one cut to show its pale crumb; not a verified photo of the recipe batch.

Pan sobao

Puerto Rican pan sobao made with a small yeast poolish, lard or shortening, and a steam-baked crust; this batch yields two loaves.

Puerto Rico · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches
Nine soft golden Pan de Mallorca rolls baked together in a square pan and dusted with icing sugar.

Pan de Mallorca

Nine soft Puerto Rican-style sweet rolls, shaped as buttered spirals and dusted with icing sugar.

Puerto Rico · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches
Two long pan de agua loaves with thin golden crust and airy crumb, one cut into slices.

Pan de agua

Puerto Rican lean yeast bread shaped as two loaves or eight rolls and baked from a cold oven with a pan of boiling water for steam.

Puerto Rico · Modern adaptation
· Grains and starches