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This melt-in-your-mouth beef picadillo ragu recipe homes in on what Belqui\u2019s Twist is all about. Belqui\u2019s Twist<\/a> is the cooking blog of one of our favorite Dominicana home cooks, Belqui Ortiz-Millili<\/a>, who is known for bringing her own take or “twist” to her favorite recipes, so many of which reflect her Latinx heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take picadillo, a traditional dish in her native D.R. Belqui looked at the hearty tomato-beef stew she’s been eating all her life one day and thought: what if I made pasta with it\u2014a Dominican-Italian mashup? \u201dI am always making Italian meat sauce. And In my quest to twist things up I decided to use picadillo as the base for my ragu sauce. I was so excited when I tasted it the first time and even more so when everyone at home raved about it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201dEndless Possibilities\u201d of Beef Picadillo<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201dPicadillo <\/a>is a very common dish in Latin America and Spanish-speaking islands like Cuba, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico,\u201d says Belqui, who grew up in New York City\u2019s Washington Heights and now lives in Arizona with her family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201dWe all cook our picadillo a bit differently, but at the end of the day, the most important ingredient is ground beef. We add adobo, olives and much more. Cuban picadillo sometimes even has potatoes, which makes it super filling.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If your family is from the D.R., P.R. or Cuba, you know that adobe is esencial for home cooking. This salty-savory dry seasoning is a mix of onion powder, garlic powder, salt, oregano, pepper and other ingredients, depending on who is making it. Adobo is a must-have in Caribbean spice rack and essential to many criollo dishes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

.Belqui also adds the juice of a lime, fresh squeezed\u2014a very Latino thing to do. \u201cIt helps to boost its flavor,\u201d she says. She also recommends saving yourself the time and using your favorite kind of store-bought pasta sauce. She personally loves basil-flavored marinara ones\u2014to which she then adds lots of of olives and the the adobo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201dI love to make picadillo and I tend to make it to fill tacos<\/a>, top tostadas<\/a>, fill empanadas<\/a>. This inspiration for this take on picadillo ragu came from Italian meat sauce. I really love meat sauce on pasta, and I thought this would be a great way to Latinize this dish, giving it a twist\u2019 she smiles. She likes this Belqui\u201ds Twist recipe so much she submitted it to our Familia Kitchen Your Favorite Picadillo Recipe Contest<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201dI debated between using plain tomato sauce or one of pre-made spaghetti sauce brands. I love the ones that include basil. Of course, I ended up choosing the spaghetti sauce, and that was the perfect fit\u2014because it was delicious! Each different picadillo recipe has a bit of a twist on the picadillo ingredients to begin with. The possibilities are endless and those possibilities led me to create this beef picadillo ragu.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belqui looks into the pan she is carefully stirring, stirring, stirring, as the ground beef soaks in the flavors of the pasta sauce and adobo. She gets ready to serve her family heaping plates of pasta and picadillo ragu, each topped with a dusting of parmesan cheese. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201dLook how beautiful this dish is. Look at all those olives. Oh my god, it\u2019s crazy!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes it is: crazy good. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belqui smiles. \u201dI hope that I have convinced you to give my beef picadillo ragu a try!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more of Belqui\u2019s Dominican dishes, check out her addictive arepitas de yuca<\/strong><\/a>, D.R.-style black beans and rice<\/a>,<\/strong> and recipes for classic cocktails morir so\u00f1ando and santo libre <\/a><\/strong>to wash it all down\u2014in style and authentically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ready to Give Your Pasta a Beef Picadillo Ragu Twist?<\/h2>\n\n\n
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