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Alcapurrias

Name: Alcapurrias
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Puerto Rican
Ingredients: 1 unit masa; 1 bag of green bananas ( about 2 pounds ); 3 unit green plantains; 3 tablespoons of achiote (annato seeds cooked in oil (so the oil can get the color and flavor from the seeds)); ⅛ cup of vegetable oil (lard or shortening (which has been heated with the achote until it has reached a deep red color)); 3 tablespoons of sofrito; 1 unit salt and pepper to taste.

Alcapurrias from the Recidemia collection

Prep15 min

Cook30 min

Total45 min

Servings4

Difficultyintermediate

Ingredients

masa
1 unit
of green bananas ( about 2 pounds )
1 bag
green plantains
3 unit
of achiote (annato seeds cooked in oil
so the oil can get the color and flavor from the seeds)
3 tablespoons
of vegetable oil
lard or shortening (which has been heated with the achote until it has reached a deep red color)
⅛ cup
of sofrito
3 tablespoons
salt and pepper to taste.
1 unit

Method

Prepare according to traditional method. (Directions were not provided in the legacy source.)

Alcapurrias

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