Author: Abuelas Cuban Counter

Abuela's Natilla Recipe

Abuela’s Cuban Natilla

Abuela’s Natilla Recipe is going to be your step by step guide to reaching Cuban dessert heaven. You will find Natilla at the top of any Cuban Dessert list. If you know anything about Cuban dessert- you know there is some serious competition. Each bite is a creamy, luscious, spoonful […]

Passion Fruit Mousse

Passion Fruit Mousse

This Passion Fruit Mousse Recipe is going to be your dessert secret weapon. It is light but so creamy and delicious, you’re biggest problem will be trying to stop yourself. This super light and airy Passion Fruit Mousse is the perfect ending to any meal. Minutes after whipping and folding […]

Pollo Frito

Pollo Frito (Cuban Fried Chicken)

This Pollo Frito recipe will show you how to make finger licking good Cuban fried chicken. The mojo twist really brings such a great flavor and is the perfect compliment to the perfectly crispy chicken. What is Pollo Frito- It’s Cuban Fried Chicken Pollo Frito is literally fried chicken. However […]

green herb dipping sauce

Herb Dipping Sauce

This Green Herb Dipping Sauce is somewhere between a chimichurri and a salsa verde. Such an easy and delicious sauce you can just to have handy all week. It’s the perfect sauce for anyvegetable or protein. Or add more lemon and some vinegar and it becomes a delicious vinaigrette for […]

Beef and Shrimp Skewers Recipe

Beef and Shrimp Skewers

This Beef and Shrimp Skewers Recipe will show you how to make the tastiest and simplest surf and turf meal right at home. In spanish we call these, Pinchos de Mar y Tierra. However you call them it is such a great and easy recipe. Nothing says special occasion like […]

Merengue

Merengue Frosting

This Merengue Frosting Recipe is going to take you step by step to making a classic Cuban frosting for your next cake. Merengue is an absolute Cuban staple. If you are Cuban and grew up in Miami heading to a birthday party or Baptism, or any family gathering there was […]

merengue rum cake

Cuban Rum Cake

This Cuban Rum Cake Recipe is going to walk you step by step to creating a delicious sweet treat right at home. This cake is an ode to the birthday cakes we grew up with. I remember being a little girl and going with my mom to pick up the […]

potaje de garbanzos

White Bean Stew (Potaje de Garbanzo)

This White Bean Stew (Potaje de Garbanzo) is going to be one of your favorite stew recipes this fall. It’s packed with delicious flavor and so good the whole family will love it. This White Bean Stew Recipe melds together our family’s history so perfectly. The Spanish influence in Cuba […]

slow roasted ribs

Oven Roasted Guava Ribs

This Oven Roasted Guava Ribs recipe is the sweet and tangy bite you are looking for this grilling season. Why We Love These Oven Roasted Guava Ribs When the craving for ribs strikes, it could be all consuming. Originally we thought you needed a BBQ or a grill to get […]

Guava BBQ Sauce

Guava BBQ Sauce

This Guava BBQ Sauce Recipe is going to be a little twist on your traditional BBQ sauce. It’s so easy to put together and so delicious. The crowd will go wild. It is hard to have a bad day when there is BBQ Sauce involved. Think about it. If your […]