Cuban Picadillo / Cuban Beef Hash
2 lb ground round beef
3 chopped onions
2 diced green peppers
6 mashed garlic cloves
Extra virgin olive oil for sauteing
3 ripe, chopped tomatoes
1-1.2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon green olive juice (liquid the olives are packed in)
1/2 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon oregano
2 bay leaves
Juice of 1/2 lime
1/4 cup chopped pimiento-stuffed green olives
1/4 cup raisins
1, 8 oz can tomato sauce
1 Tbs. tomato paste
Sauté onions and green pepper in olive oil till soft. Add garlic and saute 30 seconds. Add meat and salt. Stir frequently five minutes. Add tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste and stir. Add rest of ingredients and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, 30 minutes.
Serve with rice and baked plantains!


DOES ANYONE THINK THIS WILL BE GOOD WITH HORSE MEAT INSTEAD OF GROUND BEEF? (My friend's old grey mare passed recently. We don't know how to dispose of the body. My suggestion is to feed it to the local cuban community in the form of traditional cuban comfort food.)