Whattya Makin' For Christmas Dinner?

The Professor · 12-25-2009, 11:57 AM

Well ... I've decided to do a traditional Puerto Rican holiday dinner. Given that it's the first time that I've done this myself, it's been a three-day process. Four main dishes, plus dessert:

Arroz con gandules (rice with green pigeon peas)
Habichuelas rosadas con arroz blanco (pink beans with white rice)
Pasteles (green banana and root vegetable masa/cake stuffed with savory meat or veggie filling, wrapped in a green banana leaf, and boiled -- kind of resemble tamales except they're nothing like them. LoL!)
Pernil (pork shoulder picnic cut with skin-on, stuffed and marinated with mashed up garlic, onion, etc., and slow roasted)
Bizcocho de ron (rum cake with a rum glaze)

Pork shoulder picnic cut

Seasoned

Pasteles

What they look like cooked (this was a test run yesterday)

Bizcocho de ron

The pork is cooking right now (probably 3-4 hours left) and I'll do the rice and bean dishes closer to dinner time. I LOVE this kind of food!!!!!

12-25-2009, 11:57 AM	#24
The Professor i wish i was geRRy... Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: geRRy Location: So*Cal... Posts: 1,703 Trading: (7)	Re: Whattya Makin' For Christmas Dinner? Well ... I've decided to do a traditional Puerto Rican holiday dinner. Given that it's the first time that I've done this myself, it's been a three-day process. Four main dishes, plus dessert: Arroz con gandules (rice with green pigeon peas) Habichuelas rosadas con arroz blanco (pink beans with white rice) Pasteles (green banana and root vegetable masa/cake stuffed with savory meat or veggie filling, wrapped in a green banana leaf, and boiled -- kind of resemble tamales except they're nothing like them. LoL!) Pernil (pork shoulder picnic cut with skin-on, stuffed and marinated with mashed up garlic, onion, etc., and slow roasted) Bizcocho de ron (rum cake with a rum glaze) Pork shoulder picnic cut Seasoned Pasteles What they look like cooked (this was a test run yesterday) Bizcocho de ron The pork is cooking right now (probably 3-4 hours left) and I'll do the rice and bean dishes closer to dinner time. I LOVE this kind of food!!!!! __________________ ~Dokk Join the CA Lottery (clicky). It's fun!!!