Pasteles with Yuca and Plantains recipe

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Ingredients

2 pounds yuca, peeled and coarsely chopped
2 pounds green plantains, peeled and coarsely chopped
2 pounds yautia, peeled and coarsely chopped
2 cups milk
1 pound lard
1 pound achiote seeds
1 tablespoon olive oil, or to taste
1 onion, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
2 pounds pork shoulder roast, cut into small cubes
1 pound ham, cut into small cubes
2 cups garbanzo beans
2 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce
1 (5 ounce) jar pitted Spanish olives
1 (4 ounce) jar capers
3 tablespoons orange juice
4 sprigs cilantro, chopped
2 tablespoons dried oregano
1 tablespoon salt
2 cloves garlic, minced
24 plantain leaves
kitchen string

Nutrition Info

416.8 calories
carbohydrate: 31.2 g
cholesterol: 45 mg
fat: 28.2 g
fiber: 3 g
protein: 11.8 g
saturatedFat: 10.5 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 1118.8 mg
sugar: 8.3 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Combine yuca, green plantains, yautia, and milk in a blender, puree into a thick paste the consistency of oatmeal.

  2. Combine lard and achiote seeds in a saucepan over medium-low heat, heat until lard is melted, and reddish in color, about 5 minutes. Strain out achiote seeds. Mix half of the lard into the yuca paste.

  3. Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add onion and green bell pepper, cook and stir until tender, about 5 minutes. Add pork, ham, garbanzo beans, tomato sauce, olives, capers, orange juice, cilantro, oregano, salt, and garlic, cook and stir until pork is no longer pink in the center, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat.

  4. Mix 2/3 of the remaining lard into the pork mixture.

  5. Smear each plantain leaf with a small amount of remaining lard. Place a large spoonful of the yuca paste in the center of each one, top with a scoop of the pork mixture. Fold up the sides of each leaf to enclose the filling and create a rectangular pastel.

  6. Stack 2 pasteles and tie them together with kitchen string. Repeat with remaining pasteles.

  7. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add pasteles. Cook until filling is tender, about 1 hour. Unwrap pasteles before serving.

Recipe Yield

2 dozen

Recipe Note

This is a traditional holiday family meal. This recipe has been in our family for years. It is a Puerto Rican dish. It is customary to make this and give them away to all the people you love.

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