Cuban Tomatoes Recipes

Cuban cuisine — Ropa vieja, moros y cristianos, lechón — bold, slow-cooked Caribbean flavours — brings its own distinctive techniques and seasonings to every ingredient it touches. When Cuban cooks work with tomatoes, they reach for its own regional aromatics, fats and signature spice blends, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are simmering, boiling, frying and poaching.

Sweet-acidic fruit that forms the backbone of sauces, stews and salads across nearly every cuisine. In this collection it's most often cooked with olive oil, onion, garlic, ground cumin, green bell pepper and green olives. The dishes here span cuban classics ready in as little as 15 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.