Locro
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Prep Time
30 mins
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Cook Time
3 hrs 30 mins
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Resting Time
12 hrs
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Total Time
4 hrs
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Servings
8 people
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Calories
539 kcal
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
Argentinian
Locro
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Locro is a squash-based stew popular in the Andean regions of several South American countries.
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Ingredients
- 1 lb pork belly , cut into pieces
- 1 lb beef shank (or chuck, cut into pieces)
- 200 g smoked bacon , diced
- 1 small chorizo colorado argentino , Argentinian chorizo, sliced
- 1 lice of pig's trotter , about 4 oz / 120 g
- 20 oz. pumpkin , cut into cubes
- 1 large onion
- 6 oz. White beans
- 10 oz. dry white corn , broken
- 2 cubes beef stock (or vegetable stock)
- salt
- pepper
- 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
For the quiquirimichi (accompanying sauce)
- 1 bell pepper
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon vinegar
- ½ teaspoon ground red hot pepper , ideally putaparió
- ⅛ teaspoon white pepper (or black pepper)
- 3 tablespoons virgin olive oil
Equipment
- blender
Instructions
- In a large bowl, pour a generous amount of water and crumble the stock cube.
- Add the white beans and mix. They must be completely submerged in water.
- In another large bowl, repeat exactly the same operation with the corn.
- Leave to soak for 12 hours in a cool place or in the refrigerator.
- In a saucepan filled with boiling water, add the pig's trotter.
- Bring to a boil and cook for 5 minutes to remove impurities. Drain and reserve.
- In a large pot, pour 4 tablespoons of olive oil and heat it over medium heat. Add chopped onion, drained beans and corn.
- Stir and cover with water about 1 inch (2 cm) above the ingredients. Cover the pot and cook for one hour over low to medium heat. Remember to stir very frequently with a wooden spoon.
- Add all the rest of the ingredients to the pot then cover and cook over low to medium heat for 1 hour then lower the heat and cook over low heat for another 1h30 or more.
- Throughout the cooking, remember to stir with a wooden spoon at least every 15 minutes.
Quiquirimichi
- Combine all the ingredients except the vinegar in a blender.
- Mix and add the vinegar little by little.
- Pour everything into a bowl. The sauce is served separately.
- Serve the locro very hot.
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