Picadillo is one of the great dishes of the Cuban diaspora: a soft, fragrant stew of ground beef and tomatoes, with raisins added for sweetness and olives for salt. Versions of it exist across the Caribbean and into Latin America. This one combines ground beef with intensely seasoned dried Spanish chorizo in a sofrito of onions, garlic and tomatoes, and scents it with red-wine vinegar, cinnamon and cumin, along with bay leaves and pinches of ground cloves and nutmeg. For the olives you may experiment with fancy and plain, but rigorous testing here suggests the use of pimento-stuffed green olives is the best practice. A scattering of capers would be welcome as well.

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INGREDIENTS

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 medium-size yellow onions, peeled and chopped
2 ounces dried chorizo ; diced
4 cloves garlic ; peeled and minced
1 1/2 pounds ground beef
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
4 can whole tomatoes ; drained and crushed
2 tablespoons red-wine vinegar
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons ground cumin
2 leaves
Pinch of ground cloves
Pinch of nutmeg
2/3 cup raisins
2/3 cup pitted stuffed olives.

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Picadillo

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 
2  medium-size yellow onions,  peeled and chopped 
2 ounces dried chorizo diced
4 cloves garlic peeled and minced
1 1/2 pounds ground beef 
  Kosher salt and freshly ground  black pepper 
4 can whole tomatoes drained and crushed
2 tablespoons red-wine vinegar 
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon 
2 teaspoons ground cumin 
2 leaves  
  Pinch of ground cloves 
  Pinch of nutmeg 
2/3 cup raisins 
2/3 cup pitted stuffed olives.

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Serving Size: 1 serving (238g)
Recipe Makes: 6 servings

Calories: 365
Calories from Fat: 198 (54%)

Amt Per Serving		% DV

	Total Fat 21.9g	29 %
	Saturated Fat 7.3g	37 %
	Monounsaturated Fat 10.9g
	Polyunsanturated Fat 1.1g
Cholesterol 77.1mg		24 %
Sodium 83.3mg		3 %
Potassium 699.7mg		18 %
Total Carbohydrate 20.2g		6 %
	Dietary Fiber 2.5g	10 %
	Sugars, other 17.7g
Protein 22.8g		33 %
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