West Indes Baked Bananas Guineos Al Horno Recipes

PAVO AL HORNO

Steps:

• Thoroughly mix all the ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
• Prepare the turkey. If still frozen, let it thaw overnight in the refrigerator. Gently rinse the turkey, inside and out, with cold water. Dry with paper towels. Insert 2 tablespoons of the rub into the cavity. Apply the rest of the rub to the outside surface of the turkey, on all sides. Wrap the bird in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 24 hours. Follow cooking instructions on the label.
• You can either brush with olive oil toward the end or use this browning glaze:.
• 1/4 olive oil.
• 1 T garlic powder.
• 1 T onion salt.
• 1 T Worcestershire Sauce.
• Mix liquid ingredients in a squirt bottle or shallow bowl and baste turkey during the last 30 minutes of cooking, basting every 10 minutes.

BAKED MEAT-FILLED EMPANADAS (EMPANADAS AL HORNO)

Steps:

• Melt lard in a 10- to 12-inch skillet. Add onion and sauté on medium until it barely starts to color. Add beef. Cook until ingredients are lightly browned. Add salt and pepper to taste, cumin, paprika and hot sauce. Set aside. Heat oven to 400 degrees.
• Roll dough as thin as possible. Cut 6-inch circles. Scraps can be re-rolled one time. Place some meat mixture on one half of each circle, leaving a 1/2-inch border around filling. Top with a slice of egg, some olive pieces and a few raisins. Brush egg on empty side of circle, fold dough over to make a half-circle and crimp edges. Traditional squared empanadas can be made by folding an inch or so of each of the pointed ends of the half-circle over to make straight sides, then folding up the rounded bottom to square off the empanada.
• Arrange empanadas on a baking sheet. Squared empanadas should be placed with folded side down. Bake 10 minutes. Turn empanadas over, bake 5 minutes longer, until lightly browned on both sides. Allow to cool briefly before serving.

GUINEOS EN ESCABECHE (GREEN BANANA SALAD)

Steps:

• Cut the banana with a knife by cutting off the ends of the bananas and making a cut alond the outside curves of the banana skins, but DO NOT remove the skins.
• Place the bananas in boiling water and add 1 to 2 tablespoons of salt and 2 teaspoons of oil to make them peel easier. Boil the bananas for approximately 20 minutes on medium-low heat. If you boil them too long they will come apart.
• While the bananas cook, make the Escabeche sauce by placing all the rest of the ingredients into a pot. Stir them well and place on medium heat until the mixture gets hot. Then reduce the heat to low and cook for approximately 1 hour. (Other recipes said to cook only until the onions got soft.) Remove from heat and set aside to cool to room temperature.
• The banana is done when you lightly stab it with a toothpick and it is tender but firm. Peel off the skins and cut the bananas in 1 inch size rounds and put them in a glass or "Tupperware" bowl. Add the sauce to the bananas. Stir and mix well. Cover them and let them cool off. After they cool off place them in the refrigerator for 2 hrs or longer -- the longer the better. Serve and eat.