Rocotos rellenos con carne (Rocotos stuffed with meat)
This is a traditional recipe from Arequipa, made with rocoto chilis/peppers. If you say simply “Stuffed rocoto”, people will understand that it’s with meat, but we prefer to specify because the rocoto can be stuffed with another ingredients, too (like a potato cake, for example). The beef mix contains beef, pork, onion, garlics, margarine (or butter), cream, peacans… enjoy this recipe for 6 people from the Mt. Misti’s city.
Ingredients:
Rocotos:
- 7 rocotos with a wide base
- 3/4 cup of red vinegar
Stuffing:
- 200 g (1/2 lb) of ground beef
- 100 g (1/4 lb) of ground pork
- 1 red onion, chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic, ground
- 1/4 cup or margarine or butter
- 1/2 tablespoon of flour
- 2 tablespoons of cream
- 1/4 cup of ground peacans
- 1/2 cup of beef stock
- 1 tablespoon of aji panca paste (see the link)
- 6 small potatoes, cooked and peeled
- 3/4 cup of mozzarella cheese (or andean cheese, if you can get it)
- 1/2 cup of grated parmesan cheese
- 2 tablespoons of chopped garlic
- 3 tablespoons of olive oil
- 3 tablespoons of tomato sauce
- 1/2 glass of dry white wine
Preparation:
Rocotos:
Cut the upper part of 6 rocotos as a lid. Take out the seeds and clean. Cook in water with salt and vinegar. Repeat it three times.
Stuffing:
Make a seasoning in a frying pan with the margarine, the ground garlics and onion. Add the aji panca paste.
Season the meats with salt and pepper and add them to the seasoning. Mix good. Chop the remaining rocoto (in very little pieces) and add it with the peacans and the flour. Mix again. Wait some moments and add the stock and cream. Mix and take out from the flame.
Fry the chopped garlic in olive oil, add the tomato sauce and the wine. Let it cook for 5 minutes.
Patience! the good things need a little of work… we finish here:
Stuff the rocotos with the meat mix. Be careful, don’t break them.
Spread tomato sauce on a tray and place the stuffed rocotos and the potatoes. Cover them with parmesan and mozzarella cheese.
Bake to 350º F (150º C) until the cheeses get melt. Serve immediately with white rice.
(I’ll prepare it today, it was too much for me… good luck!)
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