Basic bread

ground beef (lean) • large onion, chopped • bell pepper, grated or chopped • garlic, grated • mustard • lemon • Salt and pepper to taste • oil • beef bouillon cube • ketchup • yellow corn (about 680 grams) • warm water (about 950 ml) •

well-drained blended cassava pulp (about 240 ml) • precooked corn flour • homemade cassava starch • sugar • baking powder • Salt to taste • For the filling: • Guava paste or guava jelly • Fresh cheese or melting cheese

mushrooms, quartered • heavy cream • cream cheese • bread bowl per person (unfilled) • Oregano, salt, and pepper • shredded cheese • Butter and olive oil • garlic, minced

milk (500 ml) • butter (30 grams) • yeast (14 grams) • sugar (45 grams) • salt • vegetable or sunflower oil • large egg • all-purpose flour (1000 grams)

yuca starch (about 260 grams) • finely shredded salty pressed cheese (about 150 grams) • finely shredded double cream cheese (about 100 grams) • medium egg • sugar • butter (about 20 grams) • Milk,

sifted all-purpose flour (about 600 grams) • active dry yeast (7 grams) • warm water (about 400 ml) • sugar (about 100 grams) • vanilla extract • orange zest • salt • butter or margarine, at room temperature (about 70 grams) • Filling: • Figs in syrup (from your favorite recipe), chopped • Candied peanuts or chopped walnuts • Dulce de leche

cooked and mashed yuca (about 700 grams) • grated queso fresco or farmer’s cheese (about 200 grams) • egg • Salt, to taste • Butter and honey, for serving

all-purpose flour (about 250 grams) • butter • egg • sugar (or to taste) • Salt to taste • Milk • baking powder

warm milk (240 ml) • sugar (100 grams) • active dry yeast (7 grams) • all-purpose flour (about 500 grams) • eggs • salt • melted butter (75 grams) • honey (I used 1 1/2 tablespoons)

heavy cream (200 ml) • medium ripe bananas • sugar (100 grams) • eggs • vanilla extract • all-purpose flour (200 grams) • baking powder • baking soda • salt • ground cinnamon

all-purpose flour (about 500 grams) • active dry yeast (about 10 grams) • eggs • sugar • unsalted butter, softened • warm milk (about 125 ml) • salt • vanilla extract • Warm water, if needed • Flour for dusting • beaten egg, for brushing before baking • For the filling: guava paste, cut into pieces; dulce de leche

cooked yuca, soft but not mushy, at room temperature (1 kg) • margarine or butter, at room temperature • Salt • Toppings of your choice: I used cheese, hard-boiled egg, and avocado

beef for roasting or goulash • water (about 475 ml) • large carrot • white onion • Oil • Mushrooms • mustard • small container heavy cream • tomato sauce • black pepper • salt • small arepas or corn cakes

dark warm coffee • oil • molasses • whole wheat flour • rye flour • bread flour • unsweetened cocoa powder • brown sugar • salt • dry yeast • optional 2 1/2 teaspoons caraway seeds