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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Caribbean >> Rest Caribbean

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Peel the green bananas and place in a bowl of cold salted water. | 2. Peel and wash the yautías and place in a bowl of cold salted water. | 3. Grate the bananas and yautías. Add 2 teaspoons of salt and mix well. Set aside. | 4. Filling | 5. In a deep pot or frying pan, brown the ground beef. Drain off the fat. | 6. Add sofrito, alcaparrado mix, and salt and pepper to taste.cook uncovered for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool for a few minutes. | 7. Put it together on a piece of wax paper, spread out 1 to 2 tablespoons of the masa mixture and make a shallow well in the center. You can also use the palm of your hand instead of wax paper. | 8. Put 1 to 2 teaspoons of the filling into the well and cover it with some more masa mix. Use the back of spoon to smooth the masa all around the filling so no meat is showing. | 9. You can freeze the alcapurrias at this point for eating later. | 10. Heat enough oil, in a fryer or deep frying pan, to cover the alcapurrias when frying. The oil should be heated to about 360 degrees Fahrenheit. | 11. Add the alcapurrias, being careful not to splash the oil or crowd the fryer. Fry until crispy and golden, from 5 to 7 minutes. | 12. Drain the alcapurrias on paper towels and allow to cool before eating. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
green banana	5			403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
taro root	1	lb		403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
salt	2	teaspoons		-	-	-	-
beef	1/2	lb	ground	449.05699999999996	0.0	44.0439	28.8712
sofrito sauce	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
alcaparrado mix	1	tablespoon		403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
salt pepper				403.4676	0.0	89.7602	2.2667
vegetable oil				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.