Pasteles...with or without raisins?

I have a freezer full of them, with raisins..but I remember ordering them from a restaurant, no raisins..

I prefer without, FIL says its not PR without raisins.

tia!

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without....

my slow cooker cookbook has picadillo in it, and that calls for raisins AND apples

my stepmom NEVER put either in!

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I love them with, even though I don't actually eat them (I'm a weirdo I know) I like the flavor that the raisins give them.

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What are they?

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Pasteles, pronounced Paa-TEL-le, is a traditional Puerto Rican dish similar to a tamale. There are pasteles de masa, pasteles de yuca (cassava) and pasteles de arroz (rice).

The dough or masa is made of a combination of grated green banana, green plantain, taro and pumpkin. Or of cassava or rice. The vegetables have to be peeled and grated on the finest holes of a cheese grater by hand or grated with the finest grating plate of a food processor. The masa is then seasoned with liquid from the meat mixture and annato oil, placed in a piece of banana leaf with a sheet of parchment paper under it. It is then stuffed with stewed meat usually pork or chicken, folded, tied then boiled for an extended period of time

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I wish I could impress my mother in law (who is Ecuadorian and makes them too) and make them for her!

Is it fairly easy?

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Oh no, I would never even attempt them....its so much time.

Just wondering how people liked them...but if you are going to make them, let me know how they turn out!

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Posted by Janice

Oh no, I would never even attempt them....its so much time.

Just wondering how people liked them...but if you are going to make them, let me know how they turn out!