BODYTRAFFIC’s Joan Rodriguez and Katie García Share Their Family’s Recipe for Cuban Rollo de Carne

BODYTRAFFIC’s Joan Rodriguez and Katie García Share Their Family’s Recipe for Cuban Rollo de Carne

Growing up in Cuba, variations on meatloaf—or rollo de carne—were common in Joan Rodriguez’s home. “Access to certain food in Cuba is difficult, but ground meat is one of the foods we can always get,” says the BODYTRAFFIC company member. “So, there were a lot of dishes around ground meat.” This recipe, which wraps the rollo de carne in bacon, was an innovation born from an argument between Rodriguez’s grandmother and father while Rodriguez was s…