Best traditional dishes of the Yucatan Peninsula. Mexico is reputed for its huge culinary heritage. From Baja California to Yucatan, from Tabasco to Michoacan, each region developed its specialties and made renown of Mexico across the world. Even though we could write an article for each region of Mexico and their own specialties, today we are focusing on the Yucatan Peninsula gastronomy and the dishes you absolutely have to try during your vacations here ! Cochinita Pibil The most famous dish that you can come across in Yucatan is undoubtedly the Cochinita Pibil. This traditional Yucatec Mayan food is a slow-roasted piece of pork marinated in strong lemon juice and annatto seeds. It is wrapped inbanana leaves and cooked underground in the “pib”, a traditional oven. Once the meat is marinated and cooked, you can pour it into a tortilla to create a taco, or put the preparation in a pie. Whatever way you decide to eat the Cochinita Pibil, you will always find on the side the “xnipec” salsa, made with sour orange, purple onions, coriander and habanero, which is very spicy but also extremely popular all across Yucatan. Queso relleno On the contrary of the Cochinita Pibil, which takes its roots from the Mayan cuisine, the queso relleno is a more modern dish. Influenced by the Europeans, and mainly the Dutch people, the queso relleno, or “stuffed cheese”, is made with Edam cheese originally from the Netherlands. The Edam cheese is hollowed and gets stuffed with many sorts of ingredients such as pork,olives, seeds eggs or peppers. It then gets wrapped in banana leaves like the Cochinita Pibil and gets cooked until the cheese is half melted. Cheese lovers are going to fall in love with it ! Sopa de Lima Another traditional
Best traditional dishes of the Yucatan Peninsula.
Mexico is reputed for its huge culinary heritage. From Baja California to Yucatan, from Tabasco to Michoacan, each region developed its specialties and made renown of Mexico across the world. Even though we could write an article for each region of Mexico and their own specialties, today we are focusing on the Yucatan Peninsula gastronomy and the dishes you absolutely have to try during your vacations here !
