Beef Kaldereta Ingredients: 1 kilo beef, cut into chunks 1 big can (350g) liver spread or ground liver

ground liver 5 onions, minced 5 cloves garlic, minced 6 tomatoes, sliced 1 cup tomato sauce 3 green peppers, diced 3 red peppers, diced 4 pieces hot chilli peppers, minced 3/4 cup grated cheese 2 cups beef stock or water 1/4 cup cooking or olive oil

Kaldereta Cooking Instructions: In a casserole, saut: garlic and onions in oil. Then add tomatoes, red & green pepper and chilli peppers. Add in the beef, tomato sauce, liver spread and water or stock. Salt to taste and let simmer for at least 1 hour or until the beef is tender. Add cheese and olives (optional) and continue to simmer until the sauce thickens. Serve with plain rice Cooking Tips: Instead of beef, goat's meat (kambing) can be used. If goat's meat is used, marinate the meat in vinegar, garlic, salt and pepper for at least 15 minutes. For a special kaldereta, do not use water or beef stock. Use an equivalent weight of onions to the beef (1 kg of onions : 1 kg of beef). The onions will serve as water to the dish. Pork Kaldereta, Kalderetang Baboy. On several parties that I have attended I often see pork kaldereta on the table. I personally never cooked pork kaldereta because I always thought kaldereta are best cooked with goat, beef ect. This is my first attempt to use pork for my caldereta. I have chosen the tail part I thought the bones and tails of the hog would do best for my version of pork kaldereta. To give a little sweetsour taste we Pinoy have come to love I added a can of pineapple juice. The resultant dish was great and was really enjoyed by the family. Here is the recipe Ingredients: 1 kilo pork with bones and skin, cut into serving pieces 2 medium size red/green bell pepper, cut into wedges 2 medium size potato, cut into wedges 1 small can liver spread 1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese 1/2 tsp. peppercorns, crushed 2 medium size onion, chopped 1/2 head garlic, chopped 1 cup pineapple juice 1/2 cup cornstarch 1 cup tomato sauce 1/2 tsp hot sauce 2- 3 pcs. siling labuyo 3 bay leaf

cooking oil salt Cooking procedure: In a large saucepan put pork add enough water to cover meat, boil quickly for 2-3 minutes. Remove from pan and discard liquid, rinse pork with running water to remove all scum, drain and keep aside. Using same saucepan, saut garlic and onion, add meat and saut for another 2-3 minutes. Add tomato sauce, hot sauce and stir cook for 3-5 minutes. Add in pineapple juice, 6-8 cups of water, ground peppercorns and bay leaf bring to a boil and simmer for 30-45 minutes or until pork are tender, add more water as necessary Add potatoes and continue to simmer for 3-5 minutes or potatoes are cook and just enough sauce remains. Add liver spread, cheddar cheese and siling labuyo, cook for 2-3 minutes. Add bell pepper and season with salt to taste, cook for another 2-3 minutes. Add cornstarch diluted in 1/2 cup of water and stir cook until sauce thicken. Serve hot.