Warm, coin-shaped slices of pan-fried carrots, white alubia beans, and chopped dill tossed with a tangy-sweet lemon shallot dressing. It tastes good the day you make it, even better the day after.
Pernil is pork marinated in a sauce of bitter orange juice, onion, garlic, achiote, cloves, cinnamon, cumin and panela and slow roasted in the oven for several hours.
French onion soup gets its full-bodied taste from slow-cooked, caramelized onions. Here, we call for three types of onions for rich, balanced flavor, but the recipe will work with any combination or just one variety.