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🥗 Pasteles - Puerto Rican Turnovers

260 kcal · 90 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 250 cassava
• 150 plantains
• 50 olive oil
• 200 ground beef
• nach Geschmack salt
• nach Geschmack spices (oregano, cumin)
• 2 banana leaves
• 500 water

Instructions

1. 1. Peel, boil, and mash the cassava and plantains.
2. 2. In a pan, cook the ground beef with spices until well done.
3. 3. For the dough, mix olive oil and salt into the pureed ingredients.
4. 4. Lightly heat the banana leaves and cut into pieces to shape pasteles.
5. 5. Place a portion of the dough onto a banana leaf, add some filling, and fold it up.
6. 6. Steam the pasteles in a large pot of water for 30 minutes.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 260
• Protein: 12 g · Fett/Fat: 8 g · Carbs: 36 g