Cups

------ Boiled Frosting: • white sugar (about 300 grams) • water (120 ml) • egg whites • Juice of half a lemon • Vanilla extract or desired flavoring • --- Chocolate Frosting: • (about 2/3 cup) unsalted butter • unsweetened cocoa powder • sweetened condensed milk (14 oz / 397 grams)

cooked black beans with their cooking liquid (about 950 ml) • onion • bell pepper • garlic clove • Cilantro, to taste • Salt and black pepper, to taste • Worcestershire sauce and 2 cups water (about 475 ml) • All-purpose seasoning, to taste • eggs • cooked rice as a side (about 760 grams)

pork shoulder (about 1 kg) • green plantains • ripe plantains • medium potatoes • garlic cloves • Consommé and salt, to taste • Lizano sauce, to taste (or substitute with Worcestershire sauce) • oregano and culantro coyote (or substitute with cilantro) • oil or pork lard • annatto (achiote) • About 6 1/3 cups water (about 1.5 liters)

corn flour (about 2 2/3 cups) • salt (to taste) • Water • cooked beans from the day before • steamed rice from the day before • bean broth from the day before • Worcestershire sauce (or Lizano sauce, if available) • bell pepper • Cilantro (to taste) • hard-boiled eggs, chopped • mild melting cheese • ripe plantains •

very ripe plantains (the skins should be almost black) • margarine • corn flour (about 60 grams) • water (about 80 ml) • salt • shredded cheese (about 9 ounces) or 1 1/2 cups refried beans • Optional: cinnamon