(Chicago) – Embutido is a Filipino meat loaf. It is meat mixture formed in a foot-long log, wrapped in foil, steamed and served in slices. Some cook it twice by pan frying the embutido slices to gain some color and crunch. So if you are serving embutido in a party, your Filipino guests knows exactly what to expect. In my last house party, I thought of serving embutido with a little twist to make it more appropriate for a cocktail settings. Instead of making it look like meat loaf and steaming it, I formed it into small balls and roasted in the oven. I dribbled ginger-scallion oil to turn up…
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The Spanish in Us: Pork Afritada
(Chicago) – There’s always something Spanish in every Filipino. It is evident in the last names of most of us, in skin color of a few, in religious belief of the majority, in facial structure, in politics, in public festivities, in architecture, in our alphabet and in many other aspects of our lives. With the Philippines under the rule of the Spaniards for more than 300 years, we have them in our system, in our veins and even in our palate. Our food is almost Spanish. “Fritada” means fried. Afritada is made up of browned pork (or any meat) simmered in fresh tomatoes and finished with oven-roasted (browned) tomatoes, onions…
