Pato Yemayá

Name: Pato Yemayá (Duck Yemayá)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Cuba
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon ground cumin; 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger, or ¾ teaspoon dried ginger; 1 tablespoon minced fresh basil, or ¾ teaspoon dried basil; 2 cloves garlic, crushed in a garlic press; 1 tablespoon olive oil; ⅓ cup thinly sliced onion; ½ cup bitter orange juice, or ¼ cup regular orange juice and ¼ cup fresh lime juice; About 2 (11.8-ounce) cans guarapo (sugarcane juice), or 1 cup sugar dissolved in 2 cups water; 1 large (6-pound) duck; ¼ teaspoon salt; ½ teaspoon marjoram; ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper (optional)

Duck Yemayá

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Eating Cuban

By Beverly Cox and Martin Jacobs

Published 2006

About

The Yoruba orisha (deity) Yemayá is the Lady of the Sea, and Mother of the Universe. The duck Kuekueye was her friend and confidant, but he betrayed Yemayá and was sentenced to be eaten as punishment for his treachery.

This interesting and delicious-sounding preparation of duck to honor Yemayá is described in a fascinating book called Afro-Cuban Cuisine: Its Myths and Legends, by Natalia Bolívar Aróstegui and Carmen González Díaz de Vil

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Americas
Cuba
Havana
Main course
Caribbean
Gluten-free

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