I admit that doesn't sound the least bit appetizing. We are going to be going to Panama on vacation and are leaving next week, so I have been trying not to buy much food. The eggplants at Mega looked really good though and were only $13.00 a kilo so I bought one, and 2 little zucchinis which were some cheap price like $6p/k. So what I did was fire up my grill. I have a cast iron grill that I bought, complete with the ridges so you get those nice sear marks.
A couple of weeks ago, I got the brilliant idea of making flavoured olive oil so I have a bottle of garlic flavoured olive oil, the criteria that I used for the oil was it had to be virgin and the bottle had to be attractive. I also made some rosemary flavored oil but I didn't use it this time. After tasting the garlic oil, I decided it wasn't quite garlicky enough, so I poured some in a custard cup (I use custard cups to hold small portions of ingredients, I thought about buying some cute little cups at Galaria made for that function, but really the custard cups are perfect and I can also use them when I make flan.) and added more chopped garlic.
I sliced the eggplant, zucchini, an onion, a green bell pepper and a yellow one. I brushed everything with the garlic oil and grilled them over high heat. Because I like the pattern made by the ridges, I turned the eggplants more often I strictly needed to, brushing them with more olive oil (eggplant will absorb all the olive oil you want to put on it).
After the vegetables were done I also grilled some pork cubes. Cubes of pork that had been marinating in sour orange, black pepper and salt, to cover, for about 4 hours. I drained the marinade and replaced it with olive oil and a handful (okay, 1/4 cup?) of fresh ground cumin. The pork marinaded in the olive oil while I grilled the vegetables.
I simply dumped the pork (I'm sure there is a more elegant way to say this) on the grill, and cooked until brown. After I removed the pork, I cooked the garlic that had been sitting in the olive oil. I deglazed the grill with about a half cup of white wine. I scraped up any brown bits and this "sauce" got poured over the pork.
Everyone got a pita bread that had been warmed and cut in half and made their own sandwiches.
Because of the quantity of olive oil (probably a cup in total), I don't think this was really healthy but it was tasty, and you can of course be more moderate.
I think the best pita bread available in Merida is from panaderia El Fenix just across from Office Depot on Calle 23.
That sounds very good. Try cooking the vegs and meat over carbón. They will gain even more sabor.
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Saludos,
Mike
You are so right, we just haven't gotten around to buying a barbeque, we can't decide between the simple "hubcap" type or going all out and buying a fancy NOB style with a hood and all the options. Thanks for stopping by.
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Theresa