Curanto En Olla (steamed Seafood, Meats, Potato Bread, And Vege

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 chicken, cut into 8 pieces
• 1 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• kosher salt
• 8 potatoes, peeled
• 4 ounces salt lamb, diced
• 2 tablespoons butter, divided and softened
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 lb fresh mussels, cleaned and debearded
• 4 lbs littleneck clams, cleaned
• 2 cups dry wine
• 2 heads cabbage
• 1 lb lamb ribs (smoked)
• 2 lbs linguica sausage or 2 lbs italian sausage
• 1 lb snap peas or 1 lb sugar snap pea

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, combine chicken, peppers, garlic, oregano and about 1/2 teaspoon salt; toss to combine, cover, and marinate at least 4 hours or overnight in the refrigerator.
• 2 cut up 6 of the potatoes and boil in salted water until tender, about 15 minutes; drain and transfer to a bowl and mash.
• 3 meanwhile, cook salt lamb, over medium heat until crisp, about 15-20 minutes.
• 4 grate remaining potatoes with the larger holes of a box grater; squeeze out water and place in another bowl.
• 5 add half the mashed potatoes, to the grated potatoes, 1 tablespoon butter, salt to taste; mix to combine.
• 6 form mixture into 8 balls; flatten each ball and place 1 teaspoon of the salt lamb in the middle.
• 7 form potato around lamb, then flatten again; set aside.
• 8 add remaining tablespoon of butter to remaining mashed potatoes, along with the flour; knead to mix well.
• 9 roll around in your hands to form 8 balls; flatten to 3-inch discs and set aside.
• 10 place mussels, clams, and wine in a large stockpot.
• 11 cover with a layer of individual cabbage leaves (i left them raw and just gently pulled them off. some tore, but that doesn't really matter. you could place cabbage in the microwave a few minutes to make the leaves more pliable).
• 12 place chicken, lamb ribs, and sausage on top; cover with another layer of cabbage leaves.
• 13 arrange both types of potato cakes on top, along with the peas.
• 14 cover all with a damp towel and pot lid.
• 15 heat pot to boiling over high heat; reduce heat to medium and steam for 1 hour.
• 16 to serve: arrange potato cakes and peas on a platter, then arrange the seafood and meats around them, on additional cabbage leaves.