Appetizers · Sides

Alcapurria

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Add annatto seeds with 1 cup of oil and boil until bright red, strain and set aside.

  2. Add pork into pot with 1/4 cup of oil

  3. Add both packets of sazon to pot with the peppers, cilantro, sofrito and tomato sauce.

  4. Once it starts to boil taste for salt and add a bit of oil infused annatto.

  5. Blend malanga and plantains until completely smooth to form your masa.

  6. Add salt to your masa.

  7. Add 3 tablespoons of the annatto oil and some of the juices from the pork to the masa.

  8. On parchment paper lightly coat with annatto oil, place a heaping spoonful of the masa and spread, place the meat filling inside and fold over insure all meat is covered

  9. Heat pot of oil on medium high and fry until golden brown.

Notes

You can freeze before frying for later. You can either fry frozen on low heat or defrost in fridge overnight.