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Ingredients

• ✓ plantain leaf
• turkey sausage
• garlic
• salt
• oregano
• cilantro
• orange juice
• caper
• olive
• tomato sauce
• chickpea
• ham
• pork shoulder roast
• green bell pepper
• onion
• olive oil
• achiote seed
• lard
• milk
• yautia
• green plantain
• yuca

Instructions

1. 1 Combine yuca, green plantains, yautia, and milk in a blender; purée into a thick paste the consistency of oatmeal. Transfer to a large bowl.
2. 2 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.
3. 3 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.
4. 4 Mix 2/3 of the remaining lard into pork mixture in the pot.
5. 5 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.
6. 6 Stack 2 pasteles and tie together with kitchen string. Repeat with remaining pasteles.
7. 7 Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add pasteles. Cook until filling is tender, about 1 hour. Unwrap pasteles before serving.

By Mfact