Dining in Puerto Rico reflects the island's mixture of Caribbean ... meat or vegetables atop mashed plantains; pasteles are made of mashed banana (or yucca) and stuffed with pork, chicken or ...

Made from meat and guineo and wrapped in banana leaves, pasteles are typically eaten during the holidays. For three generations, Tere Foods in Isabela, Puerto Rico has specialized in making pasteles.

Sometime during the beginning of November in Puerto Rico and around the diaspora, families come together and make a party out of making pasteles, tender and savory masa stuffed with stewed pork ...