Pasteis de natas, Cachupa

Bonjour !

En cette fin de semaine cape verdienne, les pasteis de natas et le cachupa étaient les derniers plats à goûter :) Ces recettes étaient les plus longues à préparer de la semaine, il a même fallut que je fasse une pause dans les pasteis pour me rendre à d'autres obligations... mais ça valait le coup ! Ces deux recettes sont très bonnes et cela faisait longtemps que je n'avais rien fait frire ;)

Premièrement, voici les pasteis de natas : https://www.196flavors.com/fr/cap-vert-pastels/.

Le cachupa est le dernier plat cap-verdien que je vous propose pour finir cette semaine africaine: http://cotesoleils.fr/2016/05/13/cachupa-cap-vert/

J’ai remplacé les viandes par 250 g de saucisses de tofu et 250 g de "fausses viandes".

//Hello !

To finish this cape verdean week, the pasteis de natas and cachupa are the last dishes to taste :) Those two recipes were the longest of the week to make, I even had to take a break when I was making the pasteis to get to some other place I had to go to... but it was worth it ! The two recipes are very good and it had been a while since I hadn't fry anything ;)

Pasteis de natas

Ingredients :

For the dough :

Flour : 500 g

Baker’s yeast : 10 g if dehydrated, 20 g if fresh

Cornstarch : 30 g

Lemon juice : 1 lemon

Salt : 1 teaspoon

Sugar : 1 teaspoon

White pepper : ½ teaspoon

Oil : 2 tablespoons

Warm almond/coco/… milk : 250 mL

For the stuffing :

Tofu : 2

Fresh onion : 2, cut in dices

Cloves : 2 (optional)

Garlic : 3 cloves, smashed

Shallot : 1, grated

Green chilis : 2, cut in slices

Green pepper : 1, cut in slices

Red pepper : 1, cut in slices

Tomatoes : 3, peeled and without their seeds, cut in dices

Bay leaf : 1

Olive oil : 3 tablespoons

Thyme

Peanut oil, to fry

Preparation :

Step 1

Dough : In a bowl, mix all the dry ingredients except the cornstarch. Form a well. Mix the cornstarch and lemon juice together. Add this mix to the first bowl, in the well. Add the 2 tablespoons of oil too.

Step 2

Add some water little by little until you get a smooth and light dough. Let it stand for 1h15 at the ambient temperature, far from temperature gaps and wind.

Step 3

Stuffing : Sauté the onions in the olive oil without make them golden. Add the shallot and garlic and sauté them a little. Add all of the other ingredients at one time and cook them over medium heat and stir very often, until reduction of the liquid.

Step 4

Forming the pasteis : Flour a flat area. Spread the dough on it, to be ½ cm thick. Cut circles with a cookie cutter. Spread the little disks and pour some stuffing in the center. Fold the disks in two to form a croissant and pinch the edge. Weld with a fork on the edge.

Step 5

Fry the pasteis in a deep non-stick pan and a generous oil bath. Remove the paneis when they are ready and put them on a metal strainer.

Step 6

Serve warm.

Cachupa is the very last dish that I offer you, to finish this african week :

Cachupa

Preparation Time : 1 hour

Cooking Time : 1 hour and 30 minutes

For 6 people

Ingredients :

Raw corn : 1 kg

Red beans : 500 g

Onions : 2

Garlic : 2 cloves

Tomato : 1

Squash : 1

Cabbage : 1

Vegetable broth : enough to cover the vegetables

Tofu : 250 g

Tofu sausages : 250 g

Peanut oil

Parsley : 1 bunch

Fresh cilantro : 1 bunch

Salt and pepper

Preparation :

Step 1

Remove the germ from the garlic and smash it, cut the tomato in dices. In a big pot, cook the beans, corn, one thinly chopped onion, smashed garlic and diced tomato.

Step 2

Add enough broth to cover the vegetables. Let it cook for about an hour.

Step 3

Add the tofu in. Add salt and pepper and let it cook for 10 minutes.

Step 4

Peel the manioc, sweet potatoes, cabbage and squash. Cut everything in slices and pieces. Cook those vegetables in another big pot with salty water for ½ hour.

Step 5

Chop the second onion. Cut the tofu sausages in thick slices. Sauté them in a new pot with a good amount of oil, the second onion and the herbs (including half of the cilantro), cut with scissors. Add this to the corn mix.

Step 6

Remove the cooked vegetables. Reserve them on the side and in the warmth. Remove also the tofu and reserve it on the side and in the warmth.

Step 7

You can add the vegetables to the beans so that they all infuse their tastes, before putting them on another dish to serve.

Step 8

At the last minute, add the rest of the cilantro in the general pot. Taste and season to your taste.

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