Cabbage Pastelitos with Rice

Name: Cabbage Pastelitos with Rice (Pastelitos Arabes)
Yield: Makes 12
Cuisine: Puerto Rican
Ingredients: ⅓ cup tomato sauce; ¼ cup seeded raisins; 1 tablespoon fat or Achiote Coloring; 1 tablespoon fat or Achiote Coloring; 1 teaspoon capers; 4 olives, stuffed with pimientos; 4 olives, stuffed with pimientos; 1 tomato, chopped; Prepare cabbage, following instructions from the preceding recipe, using only 2 tablespoons salt, and reserve only 6 cups of the water in which cabbage boiled; ½ pound lean ground beef; ¾ teaspoon salt; ½ teaspoon vinegar; Prepare cabbage, following instructions from the preceding recipe, using only 2 tablespoons salt, and reserve only 6 cups of the water in which cabbage boiled; Prepare cabbage, following instructions from the preceding recipe, using only 2 tablespoons salt, and reserve only 6 cups of the water in which cabbage boiled; Prepare cabbage, following instructions from the preceding recipe, using only 2 tablespoons salt, and reserve only 6 cups of the water in which cabbage boiled; 1 onion, peeled and halved; ¼ cup tomato sauce; 6 cups (water reserved); 1 ounce lean cured ham, washed and diced; ½ ounce salt pork, washed and diced; 1 tomato, halved; 1 cup rice; 6 culantro leaves, chopped; 1 onion, peeled, chopped; 1 tablespoon lard or vegetable oil, washed and diced; 1 tablespoon lard or vegetable oil, washed and diced; 1 clove garlic, peeled, crush in a mortar; ¼ teaspoon whole dried orégano, crush in a mortar; ¼ green pepper, seeded, chopped; 1 sweet chili pepper, seeded, chopped

Pastelitos Arabes

Preparation info

Makes
12

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Puerto Rican Cookery

By Carmen Aboy Valldejuli

Published 1983

About

Ingredients

Cabbage

Prepare cabbage, following instructions from the preceding recipe, using only 2 tablespoons salt, and reserve only 6 cups

Americas
Side dish
Caribbean
Puerto Rico
Gluten-free

Method

Combine ingredients included in A.
Add ingredients included in B and mix.
In a frying pan, heat fat included in C and brown rapidly salt pork and ham. Reduce heat to low and add mixed ingredients. Mix well.
Place rice in a colander and wash under running water. Drain well and add to frying pan. Stir thor