03/04/2016
Pasteles Banana Dough (Guineo Masa) by Zay
La masa que hice era para unos 80 pasteles pues la masa lleva unas 8 manos de guineos, 5 libras de yautia blanca, 2 tazas de sofrito criollo, 1 cucharada de pimienta molida, 1 cucharada de ajo molido, 1 cucharada de oregano molido,4 sobres de sason con achiote , sasone la masa con adobo no con sal adobo de su predileccion lo sasona a su gusto yo siempre lo sobre salo un poko nada mas no al extremo. lleva aceite de achiote la cantidad que mas o menos usteded crea ese es a su gusto todo depende si lo quiere con mucho color la masa y para que la masa quede blandita bastante caldo de la carne. la carne que es de cerdo para el relleno lleva los mismos ingredientes y lleva pimientos morrones y aceitunas que son opcionall es a su gusto y tambn la sasone con adobo nunca uso sal para sasonar los pasteles solo adobo.The dough I made was for 80 pasteles as the masa takes 8 lbs of green bananas, 5 lbs of white yautia, 2 cups Sofrito, 1 tablespoon ground black pepper, 1 tablespoon ground garlic, 1 tablespoon of ground oregano, 4 packets of Sazon with achiote, season the masa with adobo. achiote oil carries the amount that creates more or less if that is to your tastes all depends on if the dough with lots of color and so the dough is soft enough beef broth. the meat which is pork filling carries the same ingredients and takes peppers red peppers and olives that are optional is to your liking and season with marinade never use salt for seasoning pasteles.
***Note***In this masa i used green bananas and yautias because i was in Springfield Massachusetts to yield the masa. but back here in PR i only use green bananas also here i dont use the pasteles paper i only use bananas leaves which i burn them to give a smoky taste to the pasteles. since i got my own finca i can easily get my own bananas. i got my own bananas tree here. but really to make a pasteles masa you dont need calabaza, yautia potatoes, etc... that is opcional. and other thing that i want to mention is that not all bananas are right to make pasteles here in PR i use only 2 kinds of bananas there names are guineo enano comun and the other is called harton. i can say all this because my husband is a farmer and he has teach me all about bananas.