Boliche (pronounced
o'litʃe also called ''boliche mechado'')
is a
pot roast
Pot roast is a beef dish made by slow cooking a (usually tough) cut of beef in moist heat, on a kitchen stove top with a covered vessel or pressure cooker, in an oven or slow cooker.
Cuts such as chuck steak, bottom round, short ribs and ...
dish from
Cuban cuisine
Cuban cuisine is largely based on Spanish cuisine with influence from India, African and other Caribbean cuisines. Some Cuban recipes share spices and techniques with Spanish, Taino and African cooking, with some Caribbean influence in spice and ...
consisting of eye round beef roast stuffed with ham.
The stuffed roast is browned in
olive oil
Olive oil is a vegetable oil obtained by pressing whole olives (the fruit of ''Olea europaea'', a traditional Tree fruit, tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin) and extracting the oil.
It is commonly used in cooking for frying foods, as a cond ...
simmered in water with
onion
An onion (''Allium cepa'' , from Latin ), also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus '' Allium''. The shallot is a botanical variety of the onion which was classifie ...
s until the meat is soft, and then quartered potatoes added.
Additional ingredients can include green peppers and various spices such as coriander,
oregano
Oregano (, ; ''Origanum vulgare'') is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It was native to the Mediterranean region, but widely naturalised elsewhere in the temperate climate, temperate Northern Hemisphere.
Oregano is a ...
and bay leaf,
and salt and pepper.
During the cooking process, the flavors of the ham and beef intermingle, and the ham can serve to baste the interior of the beef.
Boliche is usually served with white rice, black beans and fried sweet
plantains. Other cuts of beef can also be used to prepare the dish, such as
beef tenderloin
A beef tenderloin (US English), known as an eye fillet in Australasia, nautalund in Iceland, filetto in Italy, oxfilé in Sweden, filet in France, filet mignon in Brazil, and fillet in the United Kingdom and South Africa, is cut from the loin of ...
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List of stuffed dishes
This is a list of stuffed dishes, comprising dishes and foods that are prepared with various fillings and stuffings. Some dishes are not actually stuffed; the added ingredients are simply spread atop the base food, as one cannot truly stuff an oys ...
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References
Cuban cuisine
Stuffed dishes
Beef dishes
Ham dishes
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