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- Cuisine: Peruvian
- Prep Time: 30 min(s)
- Cook Time: 3 hr(s)
- Serves 8
Carapulcra is a combination of cara, meaning face and pulcra meaning very clean – referring to the messy face many diners get when eating this delicious Peruvian dish. Potatoes and pork are cooked separately before being combined in a tasty broth and simmered.
Ingredients
400g dried potatoes1kg boneless pork chops
¼ cup red wine vinegar
½ tsp pepper
1 tbsp cumin
50g (2 tbsp) minced garlic
1 cup olive oil
3 tbsp hot chilli pepper paste
2 tbsp aji mirasol paste
1L beef stock
1 cup dry white wine
¼ cup port
100g roasted and coarsely ground peanuts
Preparation
Toast the potatoes in a dry skillet until golden. Immediately soak the potatoes in water for 30 minutes.Cut 750g of the pork into large chunks and the remaining meat into small pieces.
Marinate the pork for 30 minutes in a mixture made up of the vinegar, pepper, cumin, garlic and some salt.
In ½ cup of oil, fry the large pieces of meat until brown. Remove the meat and in the same fat fry the small pieces of meat.
In another pot, heat the oil used to fry the pork plus the remaining ½ cup of oil.
Add the rest of the ingredients and fry for 2 minutes over a medium heat.
Add the stock, wine, port and potatoes.
Simmer for 1½ hours, stirring occasionally.
Add the meat and cook for a further 30 minutes.
Add the roasted peanuts a few minutes before the meat is cooked. Serve with rice.
Note: To make the chilli paste, soak dried chillies in cold water for 6 hours, changing the water twice. Cut and remove the veins and boil in water for 2 hours, changing the water every hour to remove the strong spice. Blend the chilli with oil to make a paste.
If you enjoyed this Carapulcra recipe then browse more Peruvian recipes, stew recipes, meat recipes, spanish radio recipes, slow cooking recipes and our most popular hainanese chicken rice recipe.
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