Yuca Pie Recipes

Steps:

• Place the yuca into a pan and fill with enough water to cover. Stir in salt. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, cover, and cook until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain, and place yucca on a serving plate.
• Meanwhile, place the olive oil, onion, garlic, and lemon juice into a pan. Cook over medium heat about 5 minutes. Pour the hot olive oil mixture over the yuca, and serve immediately.

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Stir the yucca, eggs, evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, and coconut milk together in a bowl until thoroughly combined; pour into a baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour. Switch the oven's broiler on and bake under the broiler until the top of the cake is browned, 2 to 3 minutes. Cool completely in refrigerator before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Combine eggs, salt, vanilla extract, nutmeg, and ginger in a bowl. Beat to add air and fluff up eggs. Combine sugar and butter in a separate bowl and beat together. Add egg mixture to butter mixture and combine gently.
• Place cassava in a large bowl and add egg-butter mixture. Pour into the prepared baking pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour. Reduce temperature to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C) and continue baking until pie is set, 2 to 2 1/2 hours more.

Steps:

• 1.Shred the Yucca (Careful with the nails) and squeeze thru some cheesecloth to get some of the starch out. Peel the cassava. Cut along and make the center or heart. In units easier to grate. To facilitate this process added to the dough 1 ½ cup warm water. Now add vegetable oil and sazón.to the dough.Mix all ingridients well. Prepare broth with chicken bouillon cubes and ½ cup water. In blender put the dough in small amounts with a little chicken broth and refined a little dough. To form a smooth mixture. Do not make it to liquidy. This process will leave your body smooth and at the same time better to join dough ingredients. This is the time to check whether the dough is to your liking. If you have too much salt for your taste add cassava. Add salt if dull. Remember that the padding will be salt and water used for cooking also carries salt. Keep the dough in the refrigerator while preparing filling. Now prepare the filling. 3.Cut the ham, bacon, and pork meat into very small pieces. Mince the rest of the ingredients 4.In a large saucepan, cook all the meat along with salt, tomato, cilantro, peppers and onion until the meat is tender. (Seasonings to your taste). 5.Once everything is cooked, add the olives, ChickPeas and capers. 6.Cut the banana leaves into APPROIMATELY 10x10 squares and wilt them over low heat on the stove, 7.Wet the center of the leave with annatto oil (achiote for the ricans) and place about 5 or 6 tablespoons of the yucca mix in the center. 8.Using a spoon, form a well in the center of the mixture and place about 2 tablespoons of the meat mixture in the well. Carefully fold the leaf over, in order to cover the meat with yucca on all sides. DO NOT over stuff them. Tie them with cooking twine, 9.Repeat this procedure until all the yucca mixture has been used. You can now freeze or cook them when you are ready. How to cook the pasteles: 1.In a large, large pot, heat about 4 litres of water and add some salt. 2.Place about 12 pasteles in the water and bring them to a boil. 3.They should cook for about 45-60 minutes.

Steps:

• Fill a large pot with water and bring to a boil over high heat.
• Prepare the yuca: Fill a large bowl with water. Peel the yuca with a sharp peeler or paring knife, then chop it into 2-inch pieces, tossing them in the bowl of water as you go to avoid discoloration.
• Make the mojo: Bring olive oil to a simmer in a deep skillet over medium heat. Add onion, garlic, peppercorns, bay leaves and 1/2 teaspoon salt, stirring well to incorporate. Cook until the onions are translucent and soft, stirring often and being careful not to let the onions brown, about 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from heat and add vinegar, and add salt to taste.
• Once water is at a rolling boil, add 1/4 cup salt, then carefully add yuca. Boil for 20 to 30 minutes, until a sharp knife goes through easily, careful not to let yuca overcook and become mushy.
• Drain yuca and transfer to a serving dish. Pour over warm mojo and serve.