Cruise the Eastern Caribbean

    SAIL WITH US TO THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN, 21 JANUARY 2012 - 28 JANUARY 2012

If you haven't booked your stateroom you are missing out! In the dark cold days of winter we will be sailing the Caribbean with an average of 82 degrees.  We will be dining in amazing resturants, watching fantastic shows and will be pampered everyday,  we are waiting for your call!
FOUR SEASONS TRAVEL
Barbara Gonzalez, CTA
503 636-9876
barbaragnz@gmail.com

PUERTO RICO ONE OF OUR STOPS ON THIS AMAZING CRUISE
Puerto Rico is a lush, tropical jewel set in the middle of the sun-drenched Caribbean. This island nation, actually a self-governing territory of the United States, is home to a rich culinary tradition known to natives as cocina criolla. The popularity of Puerto Rican cooking reaches beyond the island's shores to a large Boricua immigrant population in New York and other American cities.
Puerto Rican rice and pigeon peas)
If you're going to cook Puerto Rican, you better know how to make arroz con gandules. No holiday dinner or family get together is complete without this hearty side dish of rice and pigeon peas. Infused with the flavor of sofrito and sazón, a well-cooked pot will form a much-desired crust on bottom called the pegao.

Ingredients

• Olive oil -- 3 tablespoons
• Sofrito -- 1/4 cup
• Sazón -- 1 tablespoon
• Tomato sauce -- 1 cup
• Stock or water -- 3 cups
• Rice -- 2 cups
• Gandules (pigeon peas), drained -- 1 (15-ounce) can
• Pimento-stuffed olives, sliced into rounds -- 1/4 cup
• Capers -- 1 tablespoon
• Salt and pepper -- to taste

Method

1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium-high flame. Add the sofrito and sazón and saute for 3 or 4 minutes, or until cooked down.
2. Stir in the tomato sauce and cook, stirring, for another 2 or 3 minutes.
3. Add the remaining ingredients and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover tightly and simmer for 15 to 18 minutes.
4. Remove from heat and let rest, covered, for another 5 to 10 minutes. Fluff with a fork and serve immediately.

This the island of San Juan Puerto Rico, one of our stops on this great cruise.