Tortas Make Us Happy
After learning of the delays to our house signing, we headed to our local market in Santiage Square to eat our woes away. Our favorite food stand there is La Lupita, and their torta de lechon is to die for.
Lechon is Cuban-style roasted pork, marinated with garlic and onion and slowly roasted in an underground pit. The torta, or sandwich, is stuffed with warm juicy pieces of meat pulled off the bone and served with a spicy Yucatecan relish made of onions and habanero chilies.
What makes it extra special is that the bread is first slathered with the juices from the roast pork. The sandwich also has a strip of pork crackling tucked inside to give it a nice crunch.
