CACK-IK

Serves 5-6

ingredients -

6 cups of water
5 pounds chicken or turkey in pieces.
A large head of garlic
A cinnamon sticks.
A pound of green tomatoes (10 or 15 tomatoes).
4 chiles guaque (bite).
10 cloves
A bunch of cilantro.
A bunch of mint.
A bunch of scallions
Achiote and salt.

preparation -

Place a pot with the turkey or chicken in water with the head of garlic and cinnamon stick, as it cooks roast the tomatoes, cilantro, the scallions green tomatoes and chiles in a steel griddle, when the ingredients are all roasted puree with a cup of broth in a blender, then pass the sauce through a fine sieve, to this sauce add the rest of the ingredients in the pot where you are cooking the rooster or turkey, let it simmer until well cooked.

It is eaten with rice and or corn tamales

TAMALES DE CHIPILIN

Start with 2 hours in advance

This recipe makes 30 servings

ingredients -

10 ounces leaf chipilin
4 ounces lard or shortening
1 / 2 pound of cheese (feta cheese can be used [Greek] or cheese tropical)

OPTIONAL
2 1 / 2 pound of corn flour (Maseca)
salt to taste.

To wrap:
1 bag doubler (dried leaves of corn) enough to wrap sheet 30 servings or milpa.

preparation -

Wash and dry chipilin leaves.
Mix the flour with water until you can form balls. Then add remaining ingredients. well blended.
If using sheet bender soaked in hot water for a few minutes until soft, then take them out of the water and dry them.
Place the dough formed in the bender and close it. The size is about 4 oz or as big or small as you wish
Cook steamed about 40 minutes.
Serve warm.

PLATANOS FRITOS/FRIED PLANTAINS

Fried plantains are an excellent accompaniment to many foods, but also a great breakfast or snack, they are delicious just like that, or with cheese. I like them with cheese because is salty and contrasts well with the sweetness of the plantains.

Ingredients:

2 ripe plantains

1 tsp canola or vegetable oil

Optional-cheese (feta if you want a salty cheese such as mozzarella parmesan cheese or grated cheese that melts or any other that melts well)

preparation:

1. Peel and cut diagonally 1 / 3 inch thick.

2. Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat, add the plantains when the oil is hot.

3. The plantains are cooked very quickly, it is important to turn them over so they wont stick and burn , the ideal is that they are golden on both sides.

4. Serve the hot , if you want to add cheese just sprinkle it over the hot plantains.

RELLENITOS DE PLATANO (GUATEMALA) PLANTAIN PLUMPS

One of my favorite dishes among others

ingredients

6 large plantains
2 cups dried beans
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup sugar
1 chocolate bar (Abuelita)
2 cinnamon sticks
6 cloves
12 cups water
powdered sugar
cream (optional)
Olive oil or vegetable oil

preparation:

Cook beans in 4 cups water, add sugar and a cinnamon stick, once they are cooked, remove the cinnamon and place the beans in a blender with the chocolate, once they are blend return them into the pot and cook until they become a thick paste, do not forget to move them with a spatula to prevent burning, remove from heat to cool.

Wash unpeeled plantain cut the ends. In a pot with 8 cups water, cook with cinnamon, vanilla and clove. When a knife can pass through a plantain with not much strength the plantain is already cooked, remove from heat, and water, remove the shells being careful not to burn and placed the plantains and the vanilla in the food processor without water, once they are well crushed put the plantain in another pot and cook in low heat and move it with a spatula to prevent sticking to the bottom and burn, must be firm as the dough to make tortillas, remove it from heat and set aside.

When the dough has cool off, take some plantain dough on the palm of your hand and make a thick tortilla cake the size of the palm of your hand, in the center put about a half tablespoon of the of beans and then turn the dough inwards until the bean is covered with plantain dough and the though looks like an oval shape

In a skillet with hot oil fry the oval plantain balls until they are golden in all sides. Serve with cream and / or powder sugar.