https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🗣" title="Silhouette eines sprechenden Kopfes" aria-label="Emoji: Silhouette eines sprechenden Kopfes"> Pasteles prep is all done. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🗣" title="Silhouette eines sprechenden Kopfes" aria-label="Emoji: Silhouette eines sprechenden Kopfes"> I repeat, pasteles prep is all done. Making the masa and assembling them with my mami mañana. Banana leaves and parchment readyyyyy.
This morning’s scene. Mami is bringing the yautia and banana leaves.
Had an almost 8lb pork shoulder that I broke down for the filling. Bone (with some meat left on it) to freeze for some beans later. I also kept half of the roast whole with the fat cap for a *smol* pernil since I’m not cooking for a crowd this year. That went in the freezer too.
*smol* pernil success!
Finished the guisada filling today so it can be ready for tomorrow! I seared and braised the pork chunks down with some other things for 2.5 hours. I wish y’all could smell this. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😭" title="Laut schreiendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Laut schreiendes Gesicht">
I also made a chunky vegan filling with some beans and vegetables in a separate pot. Seasoned the same way.
5 green plantains, 6lbs of calabaza, and a huge bag of guineos all prepped. My fingers are stained because I couldn’t find gloves. A bitch is tired. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥲" title="Smiling face with tear" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with tear">
I also made more achiote oil. All of the veg for the masa is prepped and ready for grinding down tomorrow. Mami is bringing the yautia and banana leaves to put everything together tomorrow.
I was super excited to find the paper and string for wrapping. And I have some huge banana leaves in the car. Frozen ones to thaw out tomorrow just in case. My body is ready. I haven’t had pasteles in years. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😭" title="Laut schreiendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Laut schreiendes Gesicht">
And yes, I made sure to write everything down for both the traditional and vegan versions of the pasteles. And I’ll be saving some of the masa to make a batch of alcapurrias as well. All three recipes are going in my holiday e-book. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😏" title="Grinsendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Grinsendes Gesicht">
I’m back for more pasteles content! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😆" title="Lächelndes Gesicht mit geöffnetem Mund und fest verschlossenen Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Lächelndes Gesicht mit geöffnetem Mund und fest verschlossenen Augen">
Masa prepped (that took the longest https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥴" title="Woozy face" aria-label="Emoji: Woozy face">), cold stewed pork for the filling, achiote oil. The banana leaves and paper are for wrapping up the pasteles.
Masa prepped (that took the longest https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=), cold stewed pork for the filling, achiote oil. The banana leaves and paper are for wrapping up the pasteles." title="Masa prepped (that took the longest https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥴" title="Woozy face" aria-label="Emoji: Woozy face">), cold stewed pork for the filling, achiote oil. The banana leaves and paper are for wrapping up the pasteles.">
Masa prepped (that took the longest https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=), cold stewed pork for the filling, achiote oil. The banana leaves and paper are for wrapping up the pasteles." title="Masa prepped (that took the longest https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥴" title="Woozy face" aria-label="Emoji: Woozy face">), cold stewed pork for the filling, achiote oil. The banana leaves and paper are for wrapping up the pasteles.">
Masa prepped (that took the longest https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=), cold stewed pork for the filling, achiote oil. The banana leaves and paper are for wrapping up the pasteles." title="Masa prepped (that took the longest https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥴" title="Woozy face" aria-label="Emoji: Woozy face">), cold stewed pork for the filling, achiote oil. The banana leaves and paper are for wrapping up the pasteles.">
Masa prepped (that took the longest https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=), cold stewed pork for the filling, achiote oil. The banana leaves and paper are for wrapping up the pasteles." title="Masa prepped (that took the longest https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥴" title="Woozy face" aria-label="Emoji: Woozy face">), cold stewed pork for the filling, achiote oil. The banana leaves and paper are for wrapping up the pasteles.">
Forming the pasteles is the fun part and the first few I made were pretty janky because I haven’t done this in years. But that’s okay! They’re still gonna taste good, lol. I shared a video over on my IG stories of the entire process. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙌🏽" title="Raising hands (mittlerer Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Raising hands (mittlerer Hautton)">
Forming the pasteles is the fun part and the first few I made were pretty janky because I haven’t done this in years. But that’s okay! They’re still gonna taste good, lol. I shared a video over on my IG stories of the entire process. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=" title="Forming the pasteles is the fun part and the first few I made were pretty janky because I haven’t done this in years. But that’s okay! They’re still gonna taste good, lol. I shared a video over on my IG stories of the entire process. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙌🏽" title="Raising hands (mittlerer Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Raising hands (mittlerer Hautton)">">
Forming the pasteles is the fun part and the first few I made were pretty janky because I haven’t done this in years. But that’s okay! They’re still gonna taste good, lol. I shared a video over on my IG stories of the entire process. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=" title="Forming the pasteles is the fun part and the first few I made were pretty janky because I haven’t done this in years. But that’s okay! They’re still gonna taste good, lol. I shared a video over on my IG stories of the entire process. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙌🏽" title="Raising hands (mittlerer Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Raising hands (mittlerer Hautton)">">
Forming the pasteles is the fun part and the first few I made were pretty janky because I haven’t done this in years. But that’s okay! They’re still gonna taste good, lol. I shared a video over on my IG stories of the entire process. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=" title="Forming the pasteles is the fun part and the first few I made were pretty janky because I haven’t done this in years. But that’s okay! They’re still gonna taste good, lol. I shared a video over on my IG stories of the entire process. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙌🏽" title="Raising hands (mittlerer Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Raising hands (mittlerer Hautton)">">
Forming the pasteles is the fun part and the first few I made were pretty janky because I haven’t done this in years. But that’s okay! They’re still gonna taste good, lol. I shared a video over on my IG stories of the entire process. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=" title="Forming the pasteles is the fun part and the first few I made were pretty janky because I haven’t done this in years. But that’s okay! They’re still gonna taste good, lol. I shared a video over on my IG stories of the entire process. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙌🏽" title="Raising hands (mittlerer Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Raising hands (mittlerer Hautton)">">
Two pasteles are tied together as a pair with some twine. Then, repeat this process forever until the masa runs out. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙃" title="Auf den Kopf gestelltes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Auf den Kopf gestelltes Gesicht">
Two pasteles are tied together as a pair with some twine. Then, repeat this process forever until the masa runs out. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=" title="Two pasteles are tied together as a pair with some twine. Then, repeat this process forever until the masa runs out. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙃" title="Auf den Kopf gestelltes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Auf den Kopf gestelltes Gesicht">">
Two pasteles are tied together as a pair with some twine. Then, repeat this process forever until the masa runs out. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=" title="Two pasteles are tied together as a pair with some twine. Then, repeat this process forever until the masa runs out. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙃" title="Auf den Kopf gestelltes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Auf den Kopf gestelltes Gesicht">">
Two pasteles are tied together as a pair with some twine. Then, repeat this process forever until the masa runs out. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=" title="Two pasteles are tied together as a pair with some twine. Then, repeat this process forever until the masa runs out. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙃" title="Auf den Kopf gestelltes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Auf den Kopf gestelltes Gesicht">">
The pork pasteles were left plainly wrapped and the vegan batch got a slice of banana leaf on the outside so they can be easily identified in the freezer. And they look pretty. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="☺️" title="Lächelndes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Lächelndes Gesicht">
I boiled two for 1 hour to photograph and to taste. Meanwhile, I finished wrapping the rest of them (we got just shy of 2 dozen), froze some masa for alcapurrias, froze the leftover fillings for empanadas in the future, and cleaned up. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💪🏽" title="Angespannter Bizeps (mittlerer Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Angespannter Bizeps (mittlerer Hautton)">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😤" title="Triumphierendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Triumphierendes Gesicht">
Y mira! My cure for being homesick during the holidays. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇵🇷" title="Flagge von Puerto Rico" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Puerto Rico">
Y mira! My cure for being homesick during the holidays. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=" title="Y mira! My cure for being homesick during the holidays. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇵🇷" title="Flagge von Puerto Rico" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Puerto Rico">">
Y mira! My cure for being homesick during the holidays. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=" title="Y mira! My cure for being homesick during the holidays. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇵🇷" title="Flagge von Puerto Rico" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Puerto Rico">">
I’m so proud of how these came out. And that, at my big age of 34, I have finally graduated from being in charge of grating viandas for masa to running the assembly line. Fellow Puerto Rican kids, you know the rules and hierarchy of pasteles prep. I made it! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤣" title="Lachend auf dem Boden rollen" aria-label="Emoji: Lachend auf dem Boden rollen">
I don’t plan on cooking shit else for the next 2-3 business days. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">
I decided to make a meme after getting a few replies from fellow Boricuas over on IG about the hierarchy of making our pasteles. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Gesicht mit Freudentränen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Freudentränen">
I decided to make a meme after getting a few replies from fellow Boricuas over on IG about the hierarchy of making our pasteles. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=" title="I decided to make a meme after getting a few replies from fellow Boricuas over on IG about the hierarchy of making our pasteles. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Gesicht mit Freudentränen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Freudentränen">">
I decided to make a meme after getting a few replies from fellow Boricuas over on IG about the hierarchy of making our pasteles. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=" title="I decided to make a meme after getting a few replies from fellow Boricuas over on IG about the hierarchy of making our pasteles. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Gesicht mit Freudentränen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Freudentränen">">
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