Fried Pork And Yucca Balls - {Carimanolas}

Recipe Ingredients

1 lb	454g / 16oz	Lean pork shoulder - cut large dice
1		Lime - juiced
1		Bay leaf
1/4 cup	59ml	Vinegar
1 cup	237ml	Water
		Salt - to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
1 1/2 lbs	681g / 24oz	Yucca - peeled
1		Red onion - cut small dice
3		Scallions - thinly sliced
2		Tomatoes - cut small dice
1		Red pepper - cut small dice
1		Garlic clove - chopped
		Canola oil - for frying

Recipe Instructions

In a saucepot, combine diced pork, lime juice, bay leaf, vinegar, and water. Season with salt and freshly-ground black pepper. Bring to a boil and simmer until the pork is tender, about 45 minutes. Strain the meat, cool, and grind in a meat grinder.

Boil the yucca in salted water until tender. Cool and grind in the meat grinder.

Saute onions, scallions, tomatoes, peppers, and garlic. Add the ground pork. Season. Make egg shaped balls from the yucca dough with your hands. Press a hole into them with your thumb. Fill with the pork mixture. Close the hole with additional dough. Repeat with remaining ingredients.

Fill a deep saucepot 1/2 way with canola oil, heat to 375 degrees. Fry the carimanolas until golden brown, about 3 to 4 minutes.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Source:
MELTING POT with Alex Garcia - (Show # MP-1B70) - from the TV FOOD NETWORK

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