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Locro

A thick winter stew of corn, squash and whatever pork is around.

Locro
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The long winter one

240 minutes · serves 8 · Easy

What you need

  • 300g dried white maize, soaked overnight
  • 200g white beans, soaked overnight
  • 500g pork belly, diced
  • 2 chorizo, sliced
  • 400g pumpkin, diced
  • 1 sweet potato, diced
  • 2 onions
  • 1 tbsp paprika
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • Spring onion and chilli oil, to finish

What you do

  1. 1Cover the drained maize and beans with water and simmer 90 minutes, topping up as needed.
  2. 2Brown the pork and chorizo in another pan and add them with their fat.
  3. 3Onions, paprika and cumin in. Another hour on low, stirring so it does not catch.
  4. 4Pumpkin and sweet potato in for the last 45 minutes — they should dissolve and thicken it.
  5. 5It is ready when a spoon stands up in it. Chilli oil and spring onion on top in the bowl.

With tinned hominy

90 minutes · serves 4 · Very easy

What you need

  • 2 tins hominy
  • 1 tin white beans
  • Pork belly
  • Chorizo
  • Pumpkin
  • Paprika
  • Cumin

What you do

  1. 1Brown the meats, add everything, simmer 50 minutes.
  2. 2Mash some of the pumpkin against the side to thicken it.