Learn To Make Sofriot

Learn To Make This Easy Sofrito Recipe. More Latin recipes on The Hispanic Food Network. Puerto Rican food uses a wide variety of flavors including garlic, onions, red and green chile peppers.

Sofrito 1 large yellow onion 1 pimiento (Cubanelle) or substitute with green bell pepper 1 red bell pepper or 1sm jar roasted red peppers 1 medium head of garlic (2 tbsp. minced garlic) 1 bunch of cilantro 12 ajíes dulces (hard to find and may skip) 6 leaves of recao - (Eryngium) (hard to find/skip) ¼ cup Spanish olives, pitted 1 tbsp capers 2 tsps salt 1 tbsp black pepper 1 tbsp crushed orégano ½ cup olive oil Wash, peel, seed and coarsley chop everything. Put in a blender and pureé. Store in a glass jar covered in the refrigerator for later use. Freeze it in ice-cube trays and dump the frozen cubes in a freezer bag. This will be fried in achiote oil or tocino as the first step in recipes. This recipe makes about 2 large ice-cube trays. Use about 3 cubes for rice or soup that will serve a family. Once you've made this easy recipe you will never go back to store bough sofrito. The aroma is simply intoxicating. . . . Cubanelle peppers are the typical pepper used in the island - it is a sweet Italian pepper and not easily found everywhere. The word sofrito comes from Italian immigrants to Puerto Rico - it means the same thing except their sofrito uses a few different ingredients and they don't use it as often as we do.