PASTELES DE YUCA (CASSAVA MEAT PIE) RECIPE - (4.3/5)

Steps:

• 1.Shred the Yucca (Careful with the nails) and squeeze thru some cheesecloth to get some of the starch out. Peel the cassava. Cut along and make the center or heart. In units easier to grate. To facilitate this process added to the dough 1 ½ cup warm water. Now add vegetable oil and sazón.to the dough.Mix all ingridients well. Prepare broth with chicken bouillon cubes and ½ cup water. In blender put the dough in small amounts with a little chicken broth and refined a little dough. To form a smooth mixture. Do not make it to liquidy. This process will leave your body smooth and at the same time better to join dough ingredients. This is the time to check whether the dough is to your liking. If you have too much salt for your taste add cassava. Add salt if dull. Remember that the padding will be salt and water used for cooking also carries salt. Keep the dough in the refrigerator while preparing filling. Now prepare the filling. 3.Cut the ham, bacon, and pork meat into very small pieces. Mince the rest of the ingredients 4.In a large saucepan, cook all the meat along with salt, tomato, cilantro, peppers and onion until the meat is tender. (Seasonings to your taste). 5.Once everything is cooked, add the olives, ChickPeas and capers. 6.Cut the banana leaves into APPROIMATELY 10x10 squares and wilt them over low heat on the stove, 7.Wet the center of the leave with annatto oil (achiote for the ricans) and place about 5 or 6 tablespoons of the yucca mix in the center. 8.Using a spoon, form a well in the center of the mixture and place about 2 tablespoons of the meat mixture in the well. Carefully fold the leaf over, in order to cover the meat with yucca on all sides. DO NOT over stuff them. Tie them with cooking twine, 9.Repeat this procedure until all the yucca mixture has been used. You can now freeze or cook them when you are ready. How to cook the pasteles: 1.In a large, large pot, heat about 4 litres of water and add some salt. 2.Place about 12 pasteles in the water and bring them to a boil. 3.They should cook for about 45-60 minutes.