Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, alcapurrias (beef stuffed fritters). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Alcapurria is a fritter dish from Puerto Rico. The dough surrounding the meat, the masa, is made primarily of green banana and grated xanthosoma ("yautía") in most of Puerto Rico. Alcapurrias are famous Puerto Rican stuffed fritters most commonly served in road-side stands and in cafeterias that specialize in fried snacks, called cuchifritos. Daisy Cooks - Alcapurrias stuffed with Pork Picadillo, Bacalaitos.

Alcapurrias (Beef stuffed fritters) is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Alcapurrias (Beef stuffed fritters) is something which I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have alcapurrias (beef stuffed fritters) using 20 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Alcapurrias (Beef stuffed fritters):

1. Make ready for batter (The masa)
2. Take 5 lb banana (green)
3. Get 2 tsp salt
4. Prepare 1 lb taro root (yautia)
5. Take 1 tsp vinager
6. Take 1 envelope sazon with achiote (annatto)
7. Get 1 lots of vegetable oil for deep frying. a few sheets of wax paper for molding
8. Make ready the filling
9. Make ready 2 lb chopped meat (i prefer pork)
10. Take 1 tbsp sofrito
11. Take 8 oz can tomato sauce
12. Prepare 2 lb chopped meat ( i prefer pork) chopped up in small pieces
13. Take 1/2 tsp salt & pepper
14. Get 1 envelope sazon
15. Prepare 8 green olives
16. Make ready 1 clove garlic
17. Prepare 6 oz cooked chopped ham
18. Get 1 tsp dried oregano
19. Prepare 1 tsp capers
20. Make ready 1/4 vinegar

The outside is a folding dough commonly known as "Masa" made of Yautia aka Taro Root. Be the first to rate & review! Heat olive oil in a cast-iron skillet over high. Alcapurrias — a classic traditional snack from Puerto Rico that is primarily made of grated yucca(masa) or both yucca and green banana, stuffed with Picadillo - a scrumptious beef filling.

Steps to make Alcapurrias (Beef stuffed fritters):

1. The Masa: - - Thoroughly wash the yautías then peel. - - Peel the green bananas and wash with salted water. - - Grate the bananas and yautías then add the salt, vinegar, oil and sazón. - - Mix well and set aside.
2. The Filling: - - In a deep pot, fry your ground meat until all red is gone. - - Drain most of the grease and add the garlic, ham, oregano, vinegar salt, olives, capers, sazón, sofrito and tomato sauce. - - Bring to a boil then reduce heat to low and cover the pot. - - Cook covered for 15 minutes. - - Uncover and cook another 15 minutes, stirring ocassionally. - - On the palm of your hand (or if you are lucky enough to have plantain leaves), spread about 1 1/2 tablespoons of the mixture and make a shallow well. (You may also use wax paper) - - Spread 1 1/2 teaspoons of the filling mixture and cover the filling (meat) with the banana mixture all around. (At this time of the recipe, you can fry the alcapurria or store in the freezer for later use.) - - In a deep fryer or deep frying pan, heat lots of vegetable oil to cover the alcapurrias. - - Fry until slightly crispy. - - Drain the alcapurrias on a paper towel and let them cool off. - - RICAN WARNING: - - DO NOT TRY AND EAT THE ALCAPURRIA IMMEDIATELY. IT WILL BURN YOUR (B
3. Tips Try some corned beef in your filling. - - They are yummy when stuffed with shrimp, lobster chicken or turkey.

Heat olive oil in a cast-iron skillet over high. Alcapurrias — a classic traditional snack from Puerto Rico that is primarily made of grated yucca(masa) or both yucca and green banana, stuffed with Picadillo - a scrumptious beef filling. Perfect for on-the-go snack and entertaining! Alcapurrias are fried, ground beef-filled fritters from the Caribbean. Learn how to make them with this easy recipe that uses yautia and green banana.

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