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How to make pastelles from Megan McLaren on Vimeo.
Here's a really how to make Caribbean pastelles.
1. Get your machete out and attack a banana tree
2. Pass banana leaves to your fire guy
3. Make fire. Put a chimney on it and smoke the leaves on each side. Generously oil the leaves
4. Take your shirt off to sharpen yo knives. Cut the leaves into squares
5. Make corn dough stuff (really yellow)
6. Make corn dough stuff into balls
7. Flatten balls into pancakes using Trini-pastelle press, or invent another pressing device using oven dishes / rolling pins / hands / elbows
8. Put mince meat (mixed with raisins) on the pancake, and fold the dough round it
This all done best in a Fordist assembly line
9. Wrap the banana leaf round the parcel and tie it with string to make it look like a christmas present
10. Make s*** loads
11. Steam them and play sleeping lions while you wait (it helps keep you quiet if you've got a bit too excited by all the fun)
12. Unwrap and take yo shirt off to eat it
We tried to make a 'how to' video but didn't do very well:
Here's a really how to make Caribbean pastelles.
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