ʻO Leo Lechon ma Puerto Rico

ʻO kaʻiʻo puaʻa'āhila he waiwai waiwai ia e lawe ai i nā hoaaloha a me nāʻohana

Ua ulu wau ma New England, kahi i pāʻina ai nā meaʻai likeʻole. ʻO kahi maʻalahi, nā meaʻai o ka'āina-nā iʻa iʻa a me nā māhele iʻa, nā mea kanu a me nā hua'ōpū-e puhiʻia i loko o kahi lua wela ahi a me ke kai.

ʻO ka noʻonoʻo e pili ana i nā'ōpena e hoʻomaʻamaʻa wau i ka mahana a me ka huhū i loko (ʻaʻole e haʻi i ka pōloli).

Ma nā wahi he nui o ka honua, ka puaʻaʻala i kuhaʻia keʻano o kahi kīkī. Kapaʻiaʻo lechón ma ka'ōlelo Pelekānia, he mea maʻalahi ia ma Latin America, Cuba , Pilipino, Thailand, Sepania, a ma waena o nā wahi'ē aʻe.

Ma Puerto Rico ,ʻo ia kaʻaina'āina, aʻo nā poʻe o ka'āina e haʻi iāʻoeʻo Puerto Rican lechón ka mea maikaʻi!

Wahi a San Gustavo Antonetti o ka mea kanu meaʻaiʻo Sione Food Tours,ʻo ka mea huna o ka Puerto Rican Lechón ,ʻo ia ka hoʻolakoʻana. "Ke kīʻahi nei mākou me ka nui o ke kālaka, oregano, ka pepa, ka paʻakai, kaʻaila achiote (oil annatto) a me nā meaʻono'ē aʻe me nā meaʻala e like me kēlā me kēia papaʻona," i'ōlelo aiʻo ia. "ʻAiʻia mākou ma ke kui i kapaʻia he ' varita ' (ka lāʻau i nā lāʻau, akāʻo kēia ka mea hao i kēia manawa), ma luna o ka wahie a me nā lānahu e like 6 a 8 mau hola. ʻO ka hopena, he puaʻaʻeleʻele, mālie a maikaʻi hoʻi i loko a heʻono maikaʻi a paʻakikī. "

ʻO ka Christian Quiñones, ka luna hoʻomalu ma Trattoria Italiana ma InterContinental San Juan kahi e hoʻohui ai i kekahi manawa ua hoʻohuiʻia ka waiʻalani, me ka meaʻai a me ka waipaʻa i hoʻopihaʻia no kahi lā piha. ' Ōleloʻiaʻo ia, "E hoʻohana pinepineʻia me kaʻupena (ko kā mākou'ōpiopio, akā, ua hanaʻia ma kahi o ka mea kanu ma kahi o ka kānana), arroz con gandules (laiki a me ka pīpoki peas)

LechonʻAla Hui

Ma waho o keʻano o ka moʻomeheu Kalikimaka,ʻo ka lechón he hana ā puni makahiki no Puerto Ricans, hauʻoli i ka wā o nā hanana a me nā hui kaiaulu. Ma nā lā Sābati, he kuʻuna maʻamau ia no nāʻohana e hele i ko lākou " lechonera " ( local restaurant) no kaʻaina nui a me ka manawa kaiāulu: he mau pūkoi ola a leʻaleʻa lechoneras .

Hiki iāʻoe ke loaʻa lechón ma ka mokupuni a puni, akāʻo kahi kaulana loa e loaʻa ia ma ka lechoneras ma Guavate , kahi o Cayey, kahi o ka hola ma ka hema o San Juan. Nohoʻo Kūvate, aia ma waena o nā mauna ulu lāʻau o central Puerto Rico, ua kapaʻiaʻo " La Ruta del Lechón " - "ke alaloa o Pork."

Ua loaʻa iaʻu ka manawa e hele ai i Guavate i kahi manawa i hiki aku ai i San Juan no ka Saborea Puerto Rico makahiki, heʻahaʻaina pāʻina no ka lāʻekolu a me ka hoʻokipaʻana i nā meaʻai a me nā mea inu. Uaʻai mākou ma El Rancho Original, kekahi o nā lechóneras kaulana loa o ka'āina, me ka haku kaulana kaulanaʻo Robert Treviño, ka mea nāna i hana i nā haleʻo San Juan Budatai, Casa Lola, a me Bar Gitano, a me ka mea hakakā ma ka Food Network's The Iron Iron .

Wahi a Treviño, lechón , mai keʻano o Guavate,ʻo ia kaʻai maikaʻi loa a Puerto Rico- "ʻaʻole i hoʻokaʻawaleʻia i kona nani" -ʻo kēlā mea kēia mea e ho'āʻo nā mea a pau e hele i Puerto Rico.

ʻO El Rancho Ua noho mālie ka leo i ka wā i hōʻea ai mākou - he mauʻohana eʻai ana i kaʻaina awakea ma nā papa pepa ma nā papaʻaina pumehana, akā,ʻo kā mākou puʻupuʻu liʻiliʻi ka holo o kēlā wahi. I loko o nā hola pōkole, e hoʻopihaʻia ka haleʻaina, a me ka noʻonoʻo i ka nui o ka lumi, he mea hoʻonani.

Aiaʻelua lumi piha i nā papaʻaina pumehana, a he wahi noho waho kahi i hoʻokumuʻia ai nā hale liʻiliʻi e kuʻiʻia ana i kahi'auwaʻa.

ʻO kahi puaʻa e'ānenaʻia ana i loko o ka puka ākea, ka hale kūkulu hale e like me ka hale palaka kahi hiki ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā puaʻaʻeono i ka manawa. Ma ka lumi kuke, ua hoʻomākaukauʻia ke koena o ka meaʻai:ʻo ka raiki,ʻo ka sausage,ʻo ka huaʻai aʻa. ʻO koʻu waha ke hoʻoinu.

Ua lawelaweʻia ka lechón me ka arroz con gandules (ka laiki me ka pigeon peas), longanza a me morcilla (koko), uala,ʻala, a me kekahi hua ulu'ōpala i kōlaʻoʻia aʻelua paha ua poina iaʻu nā inoa o. He meaʻono.

Ilahi, hoʻonanea, hoʻopihapiha, akua -ʻo ia ka meaʻoluʻolu hope loa, e hoʻomanaʻo i keʻano i kaʻu lei aloha. Ua holoi maikaʻiʻiaʻo ia me ka pia liʻiliʻi, aʻo kaʻai kūpono loa ia eʻai i waho, me keʻano maikaʻi, me ke kani o ka wai ma lalo o mākou, kahi kani wale nō e hakakā nei me kā mākouʻakaʻaka a me ka hauʻoli.

E nānā i nā pono a me nā hōʻikeʻo Puerto Rico ma ka Hui