Easy Fanesca Imitation

22 ingredients
15 steps

Ingredients

  • Stew
  • 1 1/2 cups hard squash, raw, cubed
  • 1 1/2 cups figleaf squash, raw, cubed
  • 1 cup cabbage, raw, chopped
  • 1 1/2 cups dry white beans
  • 1/4 cup rice, dry
  • 1/2 lb salt cod fish
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 teaspoon achiote
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 1/2 white onions
  • 1 dash pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon cumin
  • 1 cup half-and-half
  • 1/2 cup natural-style peanut butter
  • 1 1/2 cups frozen broad beans
  • 1 cup frozen peas
  • 3 cups hominy
  • 1/2 cup 'chochos' or 'lupini' beans
  • Adornments
  • green plantain
  • egg

Directions

  1. 1
    Ahead of time, cook the squashes, cabbage, rice and beans separately and soak the fish. Save the liquids from the beans and fish.
  2. 2
    If the broad beans still have the shells, remove them.
  3. 3
    When ready to prepare:.
  4. 4
    1. In a large pot, fry onion in 1 T butter with achiote and 3 minced cloves of garlic until the onion is transparent.
  5. 5
    2. Add pepper and1/4 tsp cumin and fry additional minute.
  6. 6
    3. Cut the fish in medium sized pieces (to preference).
  7. 7
    4. Add a half cup of saved fish water, half-and-half, and the bean water to make one liter of liquid. If the bean water does not reach a liter, add water.
  8. 8
    5. Add peanut butter, squash, sambo, cabbage, and rice; boil for 20 minutes, stirring, until it reaches a creamy consistency.
  9. 9
    6. Add the hominy, both types of beans (make sure the broad beans have no shells), and peas, and simmer for 10 minutes.
  10. 10
    7. Add the fish, simmer for 5 minutes. More of the fish water may be added to taste.
  11. 11
    8. Add chochos.
  12. 12
    Top with any/all of the following:.
  13. 13
    1. Fried plantain: Cut the plantains into pieces about an inch long, microwave until soft, press flat with a flat knife or a can, and fry in oil of your choice until golden brown.
  14. 14
    2. Hard-boiled egg, peeled and halved.
  15. 15
    3. Empanadas.

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