Typical foods of Huila

HISTORY TYPICAL FOODS OF HUILA

The celebration of the  Festival of San Juan and San Pedro Huila are of Spanish origin, and were introduced in the opita culture during the colonial era.  An important contribution of the Spanish colonizers to the construction of these celebrations was the introduction of the pig and the consumption of its meat as food alternative in the region, as by the characteristics of the terrain was difficult to maintain cattle in addition to the high cost for farmers employed in large farms.

Huila is a Department in which you can find a lot of different types of food. You can find restaurants serving typical meals from other countries. Among these are the roasted among other typical dishes of the region.

ROASTED HUILENSE

Usually in my house roasts in the courtyard, are made since this lies the traditional wood-fired oven where gather the family around as the roast huilense is reason for joy and recognition of the culinary arts, for they are preparations that have transcended from generation to generation and are passed from grandparents to children and grandchildren every year in June gather to celebrate the festivities of san Juan and san Pedro with double brandy anis and dancing until dawn.

The recipes vary according to the tastes of the family but by the generally used for its preparation: pork applies salt to then marinate them with garlic, long onion, basil, cumin, pepper, cloves and orange sour or vinegar, letting it rest for a full day in a clay punt, then roasting it in clay oven.

JUAN VALERIO OPITA

My mama always prepares the Juan Valerio for them breakfast, since are easy in its disposal because the base is the banana and its preparation hard so only 20 minutes. Requires the following ingredients: four roasted plantains, a pound of bacon without skin and well fried, two stems of long onion and salt to taste, its preparation consists of crush with the onion very thin bananas and mixed with the pork, making sure that everything is hot and forming a homogenous mass only serve hot and enjoy.