Follow This Four-Step Process for Perfect Puerto Rican Pasteles

Name: Follow This Four-Step Process for Perfect Puerto Rican Pasteles
Cuisine: American, Latin American, Caribbean
Ingredients: 2 pounds pork shoulder (diced); 2 tablespoons olive oil; 4 small sweet peppers (chopped); 1 small onion (chopped); 2 tablespoons recaito (Puerto Rican sofrito sauce); 4 cloves garlic (minced); 1 tablespoon adobo seasoning; 1 tablespoon ground oregano; 1 bay leaf; 4 pounds yautía (malanga, peeled); 6 green plantains (or substitute yautía and plantains with yuca); 1 clove garlic (minced); 2 tablespoons recaito; 1 tablespoon salt; 1 teaspoon achiote oil (or more to reach desired consistency); 1 tablespoon achiote oil; 20 10-by-5-inch banana leaves; 20 8-by-4-inch rectangles parchment paper; 20 18-inch pieces kitchen string; Salt (for boiling water)

Instructions

This recipe for Puerto Rican pasteles are a traditional Christmas time treat of meat- and green plantains stuffed-pastries that are similar to tamales.

Updated at: Tue, 17 May 2022 23:32:35 GMT