Embutido

Ingredients:

½ kg ground pork

6 pcs hotdogs, cut in half lengthwise 3 hard-boiled eggs, sliced

½ cup sweet pickle relish

½ cup tomato sauce

2 pcs eggs

2 cups cheddar cheese, grated

1 cup red bell pepper, minced

1 cup green bell pepper, minced 1½ cup raisins

1 cup carrots, minced

1 cup onion, minced salt and pepper

2 cups bread crumbs Procedure:

1. Place the ground pork in a large container. Add the bread crumbs; then break the eggs and add it in. Mix well. (Note: To make bread crumbs, place slices of tasty bread in a food processor. If not using any food processor, just tear the bread.)

2. Put-in the carrots, bell pepper (red and green), onion, pickle relish, and cheddar cheese. Mix thoroughly. Add the raisins, tomato sauce, salt, and pepper then mix well.

3. Place the meat mixture in an aluminum foil and flatten it.

4. Put in the sliced hotdogs and boiled eggs alternately on the middle of the flat meat mixture. Roll the foil to form a cylinder, locking the hotdog and egg in the middle if the meat mixture. Once done, lock the edges of the foil.

5. Place in a steamer and let cook for one hour.

6. Place inside the refrigerator until temperature turns cold

Slice and serve. This recipe serves six persons.

Embutido may be eaten either warm or cold. It’s a good appetizer when cold, and a main dish to enjoy with white rice when warm. Some people prefer to have banana ketchup as dip for the embutido.