Carimañolas
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The Tale of Carimañolas
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Carimañolas, fritters of mashed yuca dough stuffed with seasoned meat, are shared by Panama and Colombia's Caribbean coastal regions, part of an Afro-Caribbean culinary tradition that made cassava, a staple crop in the Americas for millennia, into portable, fried street food.
Ingredients
Scale:· 8 servings
- 2 lbs yuca, peeled and cut into chunks
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 lb ground beef
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tomato, diced
- 1 tsp cumin
- Vegetable oil, for frying
Instructions
- 1Boil the yuca in salted water until very soft, about 20 minutes.
- 2Mash the yuca while hot with the egg and salt until smooth and pliable.
- 3Cook ground beef with onion, garlic, tomato, and cumin until browned, then cool slightly.
- 4Take a portion of yuca dough, flatten it in your palm, and add a spoonful of the beef filling.
- 5Enclose the filling completely and shape into a football-like oval.
- 6Fry in hot oil until deep golden brown on all sides.
- 7Drain and serve warm.
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