Thread by @avaeats

hello goodnight 🙃
let’s go to trinidad + tobago for pastelles

although there are many similarities—from the look to root origin—pastelles are NOT the same as tamales. the cooking technique, flavor, texture, ingredients—all unique to trinidad + tobago 🇹🇹#happyfoodmas #avaeats

trinidadian pastelles were thought to come from the original spanish settlers in the 15th + 18th centuries—some argue it was brought even earlier by the amerindians that first discovered + inhabited the island #happyfoodmas #avaeats

pastelles are a sign of the holidays for trinidadians. they’re as popular as roti, doubles + pelau.

if your parents didn’t endure the process of making pastelles—someone at a house nearby did, making them by the hundreds.
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protein + herbs + seasonings for the fillings, stuffed inside a dough made from promasa corn flour, then wrapped in fig leaves + tied w. string before steaming.

promasa is the corn flour of choice used when making pastelles + often sells out quickly
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every december, pastelles would magically appear in the freezer at my mom’s house— she never made them.

i don’t eat them—it’s the texture—but my mom would look forward to taking one out of the freezer + boiling it to thaw + heat thru for dinner after work #happyfoodmas #avaeats

i found a recipe that i’d LIKE to think is authentic..

but if you’re in nyc, definitely try @trinipastelles1 for your pastelles needs 🇹🇹
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caribjournal.com/2016/10/20/mak…

it’s been real y’all.

lemme harass mi mudda bout she pastelles plug 🇹🇹

@EatWithNia will be back at it again tomorrow w. new knowledge to drop #happyfoodmas #avaeats