When my brother met Hector, a Panamanian living in Catalunya, he gave him a copy of my Panamanian cookbook. When I visited the area, Hector invited me to dinner. He presented a couple of gorgeous dishes: pork roast with pineapple and ensalada rusa, or Russian salad. Ensalada Rusa is popular throughout Latin America, and it typically contains potato, beets, carrots, peas, celery, and sometimes apple, as well as other ingredients like hard boiled egg, diced ham, canned tuna, and olives. It's bound together with mayonnaise and often flavored with lime or lemon juice. There are endless ways of making it, and Hector's version was not only delicious but also presented beautifully with strips of bell pepper of various colors. The recipes in my book are recreations of meals I had in budget restaurants in Panama, whereas Hector's dishes were classy examples of Panamanian home cooking.
Location: Private Home, Viladrau, Catalunya, Spain. Date: December 21, 2018.
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AuthorChef Roland has been a legal resident of seven countries and has travelled in over thirty, documenting food along the way. He currently resides in the desert in Southern California. Categories
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