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  • Torta Ahogada Recipe

    Marinate pork butt overnight in annatto and citrus before cooking until fork-tender in banana leaves, then build it into a savory torta, smothered in a bright and warming consommé.

  • Nacatamales Are the Fatty, Meat-Filled Tamales of Nicaragua

    Nacatamal is the Nahuatl, or Aztec, word for meat tamale. It’s the oily, fatty cousin of the Mexican tamal, and the Millón family in Nicaragua has been making them for 50 years.

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