Sofrito

After my last mediocre attempt at picadillo, I decided to take several recipes' advice and make some homemade sofrito to enhance the flavor. This particular version was super easy to make, and I froze it in ice cube trays and then stored in a plastic bag in the freezer.

All the beautiful fresh ingredients

Chop and purée until smooth

Freeze in ice cube trays and this is what you get. Cubes of pure flavor!

1 large yellow onion

1 pimiento (Cubanelle) or substitute with green bell pepper

1 red bell pepper or 1sm jar roasted red peppers

1 medium head of garlic (2 tbsp. minced garlic)

1 bunch of cilantro

12 ajíes dulces (hard to find and may skip) [small sweet peppers]

6 leaves of recao - (Eryngium) (hard to find/skip) [culantro]

¼ cup Spanish olives, pitted

1 tbsp capers

2 tsps salt

1 tbsp black pepper

1 tbsp crushed orégano

½ cup olive oil