Easiest Way to Make Colombian Plantain Soup

Pasteles With Yuca And Plantains

Plantain soup is eaten in various cuisines.

Recipe Summary Pasteles With Yuca And Plantains

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.

Ingredients | Colombian Plantain Soup

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

Directions

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Info | Colombian Plantain Soup

prep: 55 mins cook: 1 hr 23 mins total: 2 hrs 18 mins Servings: 24 Yield: 2 dozen

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