Pasteles with Yuca and Plantains

Pasteles with Yuca and Plantains

A yuca paste is topped with a hearty mixture of pork and beans, then wrapped in plantain leaves to make these Puerto Rican pasteles.

Preparation Time
55 mins
Cooking Time
1 hr 25 mins
Total Time
2 hr 20 mins
Calories
417 Calories

Recipe Instructions

Step 1
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.
Step 2
Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add pasteles. Cook until filling is tender, about 1 hour. Unwrap pasteles before serving.
Step 3
Combine yuca, green plantains, yautia, and milk in a blender; purée into a thick paste the consistency of oatmeal. Transfer to a large bowl.
Step 4
Combine lard and achiote seeds in a large saucepan over medium-low heat; heat until lard is melted and reddish in color, about 5 minutes. Strain out achiote seeds. Mix 1/2 of the lard into yuca paste in the bowl.
Step 5
Mix 2/3 of the remaining lard into pork mixture in the pot.
Step 6
Smear each plantain leaf with a small amount of remaining lard. Place a large spoonful of yuca paste in the center of each one; top with a scoop of pork mixture. Fold up the sides of each leaf to enclose filling and create a rectangular pastel.
Step 7
Stack 2 pasteles and tie together with kitchen string. Repeat with remaining pasteles.

Ingredients

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

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