Tortas De Calabaza Pumpking Patties Food

AUTHENTIC DULCE DE CALABAZA (MEXICAN PUMPKIN CANDY)

Steps:

• Cut pumpkin into uniform wedges or slices. Peel and cut pieces of desired size.
• Soak overnight in lime water to cover. (Use 1 tablespoon lime to each quart of water. Stir lime water well before pouring over pumpkin.).
• Remove pumpkin from lime water and wash thoroughly 3 or more times in clear water.
• Cover pumpkin with warm water and bring slowly to boiling point. Boil for 5 minutes.
• Drain and wash twice in clear cold water. Drain for an hour.
• Pierce each piece in several places with a fork so that sugar syrup can be absorbed.
• Weigh pumpkin and use equal amount of sugar. Cover pumpkin with sugar, moisten with water and bake at 300 degrees until pumpkin is crystalized, about 3 hours.
• Drain and place pumpkin on wax paper to dry.
• Will keep refrigerated about a week but you should double bag leftovers and freeze for later.

PUMPKIN PUDDING (BUDIN DE CALABAZA)

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl thoroughly combine the pumpkin, sugar, flour, butter, cinnamon, salt and cloves. Add eggs; lightly beat eggs into pumpkin mixture with a fork. Add milk; mix well.
• Place a 10 x 6 x 2 inch baking pan in a 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking pan on an oven rack. Pour in the pumpkin mixture. Pour hot water into the outer pan to a depth of 1 inch. Bake in a 350 degree oven about 45 minutes or till knife inserted comes out clean. Cool pudding; chill.
• Combine whipping cream and rum. Beat till soft peaks form. Spoon pudding into 8 dessert dishes. Dollop each with whipped cream mixture.

PASTELES

Steps:

• add oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the annatto seeds and heat for one minute to release their orange color.
• Remove from heat and drain the oil into a separate container.
• Discard the seeds and return half of the oil to the skillet.
• Return the oil to medium-high heat and add the pork and bacon. Brown for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add the garlic, onion, bell pepper, small green peppers, tomatoes, culantro, and oregano, and sauté for another 5 minutes.
• Stir in the chickpeas and olives (with their respective liquids), capers, and raisins.
• Cover and simmer over low-medium heat for 40 minutes. When done, uncover and allow to cool.
• Drain the broth into a separate container and set aside.
• Make the dough by peeling the plantains and the bananas, first cutting off the ends and running a knife tip lengthwise along one or more of the ridges.
• Insert and run a thumb just beneath the cut peel to lift and remove it. Peel the yautia.
• Place plantains, bananas, and yautia into a large bowl of salted cold water to prevent discoloring.
• You can grate them using the fine side of a hand grater, or instead, cut into 1/2- to 1-inch pieces for the processor.
• Fill 1/3 to 1/2 of the food processor or blender container with the cut vegetables, slowly adding broth to form a smooth, porridgelike mash. It should not be runny.
• Transfer the purée to a large bowl. If you run out of broth, substitute water as needed.
• Stir in the salt and the remaining annatto oil.
• Place a banana leaf on a sheet of parchment paper.
• Drop a scant 1/2 cup of the dough onto the center of the leaf and spread it several inches all around with the back of a spoon.
• Drop 2 tablespoons of the filling a bit off center. Fold each long side and then the ends toward the center.
• Slide the encased leaf toward the long edge of the parchment and wrap again.
• Fold end flaps over.
• Tie two pasteles together, with folded edges facing each other.
• To cook, put a batch (4 to 6 tied bundles) into a large kettle of salted boiling water and cook semicovered at medium-high heat for 30 minutes.
• Turn the bundles over and cook 40 minutes more.
• When done, drain them well, remove the strings and wrappings, and serve hot.

FLAN DE QUESO PUERTORIQUENO

Steps:

• In a round 9"x3 1/2 " mold and make caramel by placing 1 cup of sugar and melting it.
• Combine cream cheese, sugar salt evaporated milk condensed milk, eggs and vanilla and blend it all together.
• Put all the ingredients in the mold with the caramel and bake in baine marie in the oven at 350 degrees for an hour or until the knife comes out clean.

PAN DULCE DE CALABAZA - SWEET PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F Butter a 9-x-5-inch loaf pan an d line th bottom with baking parchment or waxed paper.
• In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and allspice.
• Place the calabaza puree, sugar, butter, and eggs in a large mixing bowl and thoroughly combine with an electric mixer. With the mixer at low speed, gradually add the flour mixture. Fold in the raisins. Spoon the batter into the prepared loaf pan.
• Bake on the middle rack of the oven until the loaf has risen and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 5o to 60 minutes. Let the loaf cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then turn it out onto the rack, peel off the paper, and let it cool completely before serving.

SPINY LOBSTER CEVICHE

Steps:

• For the ceviche:.
• Squeeze 2 ounces of the lime juice over the lobster and sprinkle with salt. Let sit to cook in this mixture for 10 minutes.
• Add the scallions and continue to let the lobster sit until desired firmness is reached. Stir in the tomatoes, coconut cream, coconut milk, remaining lime juice, another pinch salt, the red pepper flakes and the sugar. Marinate for a few more minutes, or longer for a firmer texture.
• For the tostonos:.
• Meanwhile, heat the vegetable oil until hot in a heavy skillet. Fry the plantains until three-quarters of the way cooked through, then flatten into a tortilla shape while still hot using a wood pilon or roller. Re-fry until very crispy, then remove, toss with salt and cut in half or in quarters.
• Serve the ceviche in a glass ramekin or in a coconut with the tostonos alongside.

TORTAS DE CALABAZA / PUMPKING PATTIES

Steps:

• Preparing the Mixture:.
• Extract the inside of pumpking and mash well to soft set aside,.
• Mix salt sugar and Cinnamon together , add eggs and Vanilla extract , blend together with the mashed pumpking.
• Ready to FRY :.
• In Frying pan , HOT Vegetable OIL, Take the mashed mixture with and make into spoonfulls and drop in oil into soft golden color on the outside.
• Fry aprox 3 minutes (depends on temperature ) ensure they golden and not burned.