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Alcapurrias De Plátano Rellenas De Carne

Fried plantain dough stuffed with seasoned meat filling.

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Why it works: Beef and chicken match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,148 recipes. Both carry 2-furfurylthiol, which smells coffee, roasted. The science ↓

Alcapurrias De Plátano Rellenas De Carne

Ingredients

Directions

Make the dough

  1. Wear gloves. Peel the yautías and remove the rinds from the plantains.

  2. Grate the yautías and plantains into a fine paste.

  3. Add annatto oil and salt. Stir well.

  4. Place about two tablespoonfuls of the paste on a greased plantain leaf or waxed paper. Spread the mass and place about two tablespoonfuls of the filling in the center. Fold the mass over itself so that the mass remains outside and the filling inside.

Fry and serve

  1. Fry in hot oil in a deep frypan until golden brown.

  2. Allow to drain excess oil. Serve while still hot. Warn diners that the filling may be hotter than the outside.

Make the filling

  1. For the filling: Pour olive oil into a medium saucepan and heat over medium heat. Add the ingredients from (A). Saute for about five minutes.

  2. Stir the ground meat into the saucepan. Cook for about five minutes. Add raisins. Continue to cook for another five minutes or until the meat is cooked but not dry. Remove the bay leaf if desired.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

793Calories
84 gProtein
34 gFat
37 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 16 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Shrimp100g cooked99
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Green Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Olive1 large (4g)4
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Plantainnot in our table0
Yautianot in our table0
Meatnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Beef + chickentop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,148 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

  2. Chicken + turkeytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together688 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-decenal (green, must).

  3. Chicken + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,850 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  4. Lobster + shrimptop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together403 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

  5. Beef + turkeytop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together248 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Green plantains
Form the starchy dough that wraps the filling and fries to a firm, golden shell.
Yautia
Its starch helps bind the grated dough into a paste that holds together.
Annatto oil
Gives the dough its orange-yellow colour and a mild, earthy aroma.
Lean ground meat
Provides the savoury, meaty body of the filling.
Raisins
Add pockets of sweetness that contrast with the savoury filling.

The step that matters

Fold the dough fully around the filling. The dough must seal completely around the filling. Any gap lets hot oil seep in during frying, making the dumpling greasy and letting the filling leak out.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lobster, shrimp, beef, chicken, turkey, yautia, garlic):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Tarragonfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lobster, shrimp, beef, chicken, turkey, yautia, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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