Honduras
Honduras’s food is built around coastal Garifuna coconut seafood meets highland beans, thick tortillas, and the beloved baleada. Look for Baleada (thick flour tortilla folded over beans, cheese, and crema), Sopa de caracol (conch simmered in coconut milk with yuca and spices) and Plato típico (grilled beef with beans, rice, plantains, and chismol). A wheat flour tortilla folded over refried beans and cream; it grew up on the north coast, where banana-company trade made wheat flour cheap. This atlas has 32 Honduras dishes catalogued below, from everyday cooking to food kept for festivals and special occasions.
32 dishes.
AnafresRefried beans and cheese bubbling in a clay brazier, scooped with tortilla chips
Ayote en mielSquash candied in raw cane-sugar syrup
BaleadaThick flour tortilla folded over beans, cheese, and crema
Café de MarcalaHigh-grown washed coffee from the mountains of La Paz
CatrachasCrisp tortillas spread with refried beans and crumbled cheese
ChismolChopped tomato, onion, green pepper and coriander relish for grilled meat
Choco bananoFrozen banana on a stick dipped in chocolate and rolled in nuts
CuajadaFresh soft curd cheese eaten with hot tortillas and beans
Enchiladas hondureñasFlat fried tortilla piled with meat, egg, and cheese
EncurtidoCarrot, onion, cabbage and chile soured in vinegar, spooned onto everything
ErebaThin crisp flatbread of grated bitter cassava, eaten with fish
GuifitiRum steeped with roots, bark and herbs, drunk as a Garifuna tonic
Leche poleadaLoose milk custard thickened with cornstarch and scented with cinnamon
MachucaGarifuna mashed plantains with coconut fish soup
Mantequilla cremaThick soured cream, saltier and tangier than butter, spread inside baleadas
MontucasSweet-corn tamales with pork, wrapped in corn husks
Pan de cocoSoft coconut milk bread rolls sold warm by the roadside
PastelitosFried masa turnovers filled with meat and vegetables, topped with curtido
Plato típicoGrilled beef with beans, rice, plantains, and chismol
Pollo con tajadasFried chicken over green plantain slices with slaw and sauces
RompopoThick yellow drink of egg yolk, milk, sugar and rum, sipped small
RosquillasBaked corn-and-cheese rings dunked in coffee
Salva VidaPale lager drunk cold with baleadas and fried fish
SemitaLayered sweet bread, a bakery and coffee-time staple
Sopa de capirotadasBroth with dumplings of corn masa, cheese and egg floating in it
Sopa de caracolConch simmered in coconut milk with yuca and spices
Sopa de mondongoTripe soup with yuca, plantain and corn in a rich broth
Tacos hondureñosTortillas rolled tight around meat, deep fried and topped with cabbage and sauce
TapadoCoconut seafood-and-plantain stew of the north coast
TicucosSmall corn tamales filled with mashed beans and loroco flower buds
Yuca con chicharrónBoiled cassava topped with fried pork and pickled cabbage
YuscaránClear cane aguardiente drunk neat in shots-
Pastelitos
Fried masa turnovers filled with meat and vegetables, topped with curtido. Ready in 50 min prep and 25 min cooking.…
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Anafres
Refried beans and cheese bubbling in a clay brazier, scooped with tortilla chips. Ready in 20 minutes prep and 30…
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Ayote en miel
Squash candied in raw cane-sugar syrup. Ready in 20 minutes prep and 1 hour 30 minutes cooking. Serves 8. A…
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Café de Marcala
High-grown washed coffee from the mountains of La Paz. Ready in 10 minutes prep and 5 minutes cooking. Serves 4.…
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Catrachas
Crisp tortillas spread with refried beans and crumbled cheese. Ready in 10 min prep and 15 min cooking. 12 catrachas.…
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Choco banano
Frozen banana on a stick dipped in chocolate and rolled in nuts. Ready in 20 minutes prep and 5 minutes…
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Chismol
Chopped tomato, onion, green pepper and coriander relish for grilled meat. Ready in 20 min prep and none cooking. About…
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Cuajada
Fresh soft curd cheese eaten with hot tortillas and beans. Ready in 30 min prep and 15 min cooking. Makes…
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Enchiladas hondureñas
Flat fried tortilla piled with meat, egg, and cheese. Ready in 30 minutes prep and 30 minutes cooking. Serves 4.…
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Encurtido
Carrot, onion, cabbage and chile soured in vinegar, spooned onto everything. Ready in 25 min prep and 10 min cooking.…