Montucas

Ingredients

Quantities for 8 servings.

• 10 piece Fresh corn, on the cob, husks kept
• 800 g Chicken thighs
• 150 g Lard
• 1 piece Sweet pepper
• 1 piece Onion
• 3 piece Tomatoes
• 2 tsp Annatto
• 80 g Olives
• 40 g Capers
• 40 g Sugar
• to taste Salt and pepper

Method

1. Strip the husks from the cobs whole and rinse them in warm water.
2. Cut off the kernels and grind them in a blender with the juice they release.
3. Beat the lard with salt and sugar and work in the corn mass until even.
4. Simmer the chicken until tender, pull it into threads and keep the broth.
5. Fry the onion, pepper and tomatoes with the annatto and add the chicken, olives and capers.
6. Spoon dough onto a husk, add filling, fold it over and tuck the ends under.
7. Stand the parcels upright in a pot and steam them an hour and a quarter.