Recipe: Meat Soup

MEAT SOUP
Source: All About Cuban Cooking/Spanish-English by Josefina Alvarez

2 lb. meat (flank steak)
6 cups water
6 tomatoes
1/2 medium bell pepper
1 small onion
3 cloves of garlic, peeled
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cumin (cominos)
1 bay leaf
3 small potatoes, cubed
1 cup angel-hair pasta

Cut meat in quarters; boil it with all ingredients except angel-hair pasta and potatoes.

Once meat is done, take it out, drain through a colander and put liquid back on range, over slow flame (add vegetables if desired).

Add potatoes and cook for 10 minutes. Add angel-hair pasta and pieces of meat; cook for another 7 minutes or until pasta is ready.

Serve with a piece of lemon or lime, and avocado slices.

Serves 6