Boliche Cubano

An online recipe with instructions for making a Cuban style stuffed pot roast known as Boliche Cubano. The dish is sometimes also known as Cuban Pot Roast.

Ingredients

- 3 or 4 pound beef roast
- 6 ounces of chorizo sausage
- 3 ounces of ham
- 1 clove of garlic finely chopped
- 1 onion, minced
- 1 small green pepper, minced
- 10 or 12 stuffed green plives
- 3 tablespoons of bacon drippings
- 1/2 cup of water
- 1/2 cup of red wine
- 1 bay leaf, crumbled
- 4 whole cloves

Instructions

Mix the chorizo, ham, garlic, onion and green pepper.

Cut a pocket in the beef and fill the pocket with the chorizo mixture.

Push the olives into the pocket evenly from end to end.

Sew up the pocket in the meat with a meat trussing needle and twine.

In a dutch oven, brown the roast on all sides in the bacon fat then pour off the fat.

Add the water, wine, bay leaf, cloves and (if any) the leftover stuffing.

Cover and simmer for three hours.

Typically served with saffron rice.

References:

mybigfatcubanfamily.com - boliche cuban pot roast= recipe
This recipe does not stuff the pot roast or include chorizo and ham. It does include olives, but they are cooked in the sauce surrounding the beef along with potatoes.