I made Pasteles for years with my grandmother... She passed away a few years ago. Before she passed I recorded her preparing and making the Pasteles. My mom and I cried the entire time we watched her video... BUT our Pasteles came out AMAZING!!! Great idea to you tube this recipe. Great Job!!!

Thank you 🙏 You are the first Puerto Rican person who made it just the way the Puerto Rican people make it a denticle. I was a maze, Mucha Gracia thank you from the bottom of my heart two thumbs up 👍 👍for you that is my people dishes pasta, 💕💕💕💕🙏

This is the first video I come across, where the chef actually shows step by step how to make pasteles and in a variety, which is wonderful. I used to buy them already done but now I'm going to do them myself. Thank you Chef Julio.

You are truly an ARTISTE. This is very detailed, but unlike some others, you did not leave anything out. Everything from scratch no shortcuts. I am saving this video. So that I can study again and make this wonderful recipe. God Bless you!

Don Julio su receta y sus videos son tremendos. Usted es un tesoro Boricua. Da gusto y orgullo ver sus videos. Gracias por compartir con nosotros.

Wow! You just transported me to a busy kitchen somewhere in Brooklyn, ions ago- where my pops and my mom's abuela, would shoot the breeze all night, rallando la masa...making these lovely creations. ¡Gracia, señor Gonzalez. Que bendición.

Best video I've seen so far and just what I wanted, to share with my non Hispanic friends. The vegetarian pastel for that special friend who doesn't like or can't or chooses not to eat meat is a great idea I had never thought about. Yes Julio you still got it Brother. Thank you very much.

I am so freaking hungry now! No wonder they taste so good there such a labor-intensive dish. I'm tired of complaining about no pasteles. This video will help. I will become self sufficient!

The best puertorican pastels recipe in the entire web. chef Julio you steal get it for long,long time. God, bless.

Thanks the raisins, olives and chilies in the pasteles, a lot of people don't like that combo, I love it. Ok so now I have to make for my family and all us transplanted New Yorkers.🤗🤗🤗😋😋😋

my mother (God bless her soul,though she passed away in 03) used to make these alot. If only I could've learned to make it the way she did. Im glad to be a descendant of Puerto Rican history.

JULIO !!! Soy Boricua !!Gracias por honrar nuestras tradiciones, todo exacto como lo hacia mi abuela en el barrio Juan Ascencio de Aguas Buenas !!! En la masa esta el sabor !!!! Super orgullosa de ti !!!

Pasteles y la musica de la Isla de Puerto Rico!!! Buen receta Chef Julio ...

La música me transporta a PR cuando mis abuelos, mis tios , mi hermana y yo madrugabamos para recoger cafe. Que recuerdos y que tiempos tan inolvidables y hermosos. 🇵🇷

Very detailed explanation. I am Cuban but my husband of 12 years is Puerto Rican, can't wait to make them for him. Best pasteles vídeo I have seen!! God bless you ;)

The music brings back memories,of old time making pastels with grandma.one hundred and fifty pastels,my aunt's were also helping,by , peeling

omg chief Julio am I invited to try..they look so good yummy. ..Mucha gracias Dios lo bendiga...

I absolutely love chef Julio! Thank you for sharing.

Que deliciosos pasteles.Gracias por el video.Nuestra tradicion.

Thank you, I always wanted to learn how to make Pasteles, I am going to surprise my kids this holiday.

Chef Julio, Today after so many years that we've stopped making pasteles, my wife and I tried your recipe. May God bless you for sharing it with the world. I have not have pasteles this good in years. Me and the wife had this urge to make our own for this holiday season. Although her and I come from families who had their recipes, it had been many years since we've made them. So we climb unto the You Tube bandwagon, and there it was, 'Chef Julio's making pasteles video'. We followed it to the strictest procedure, ingredient, and condiment until like magic, presto, the best pasteles we've ever had in my life. There was one thing that I didn't quite get, how much achiote to put in to make it the right color. I guess that comes in with many more tries. Again me and the wife thank you, may God bless you with many more years. I love the part of the video when you said, "I still got it", indeed you do. Tito and my wife, from Orlando, FL.

Yes! The Carnation Milk is Old School from back in P.R. a lot of so called Pastele makers dont use it....But, they have no idea the difference they make in texture to the Masa! I loved your Video...Thanks much for sharing the true Boriqua Pastele secret💗🎵🎶🌴

Minus the raisins I'll come over for some pasteles Chef Julio. Awesome just like my abuela made them. 👌🏽🇵🇷

God bless you. You don't look your age and these are the perfect recipes they are very good thanks for sharing them

Love this.. He makes them like my grandma's. He puts garbanzo and raisins!

Julio you remind me of my uncle Tony, he was chef too. I love your video it was awesome!👍

Yo quiero que seas mi abuelo, esos pasteles se ven superb me los comeria todos! saludos desde Republica Dominicana!!

I really enjoyed watching you makes theses lovely pasteles. I made 14 of them yesterday. So yummy 😉😉😉😉😉😉

Yesssss!! Thank you, thank you and thank you again!!!! God bless you!!!

Chef Julio, thank you for such thorough explanation for doing such an important dish of our culture Puertoriquena. I did this exact pernil pasteles recipe and everything was so delicious! Keep the videos coming!

I'm so so happy I found your utube page . Now I can make them.❤

I don't add condense milk to mine there are other way to do the masa smooth, many people can't tolerated milk and tend to have a heavy digestion because of it, I was born a race on the Island my recipe has 100 year comes form my great great grandma, totally authentic. Chef Julio has a great diversion of it love the clean way he works and how he detail it in to the process of making it.

Con el aprendizaje hacer mis pasteles le agrego todo excepto la papa y quedan deliciosos. Gracias por este video.

Just like a real Puerto Rican everytime I see this reminds me of Christmas feel the tradition me I was born in Puerto Rico and when I see this on youtube I thank you sir you keeping a traditional like my father does everytime then we get closer to Christmas it's time to make pasteles please let me know if you have a restaurant I will gladly go through it

This is how my mom made pasteles de masa. It is authentic! Over the years people have made various changes to the real recipes with shortcuts and ingredients on hand. So I enjoyed the video and appreciate the time involved in making this delicious creation. Great job on the video! Congratulations Chef Julio!

Thank you,,,,love the music also,,,,love ur video,,,nothing like Puerto Rican food especially pasteles👍✌stay home stay safe,,,

Thank you so much i use to make this with my family and now most of them r gone with he knowledge of how to make pasteles and this saddened me because as a young P.R. I wanted to keep the tradition going. Thanks to u i can. God bless!

I can watch this video over and over; I love it. Thanks to you, I consider myself a pastelera!!!

You are an incredible instructor. The way you've explained the process wirh meticulous details, yet simplicity and clarity. I think, I'll try this recipe. I'm Puerto Rican, but I've never made pasteles. My mother use to make them. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe!! 👍🇵🇷👍

The best video on KZfaq about all the different type of pastels!! :-) Thank you I'm going to attempt to make them! Thank you and god bless!! Omg my husband is going to love that finally I found the right way to make the pastels de yuca!! :-)

After watching this video five years ago, I been using your technique and never fails. Best pasteles ever! I just wilt n clean my leaves on the stove top and use my masa/pasteles machine to grind my masa and they are perfection! I Also make them of yuca or arroz. Thanks again for the awesome vid! 👍🏻

Thank you Chef Julio I really enjoyed watching you make theses lovely pasteles. I’m not Puerto Rican, but I love the food I have prepare couple of your dishes Thank you for sharing all the delicious food. So delicious!

Mi esposo y yo los hicimos por primera vez llevándonos de este video el año pasado y nos quedaron riquísimos! La familia pensaron que los compramos jaja este año también los haremos. Muchas gracias por enseñarnos!!!

Muy bueno su video Julio!.. Here is my TIP for the Yucca Dough: I buy frozen grated yucca, but I add aprox 1.5 cup of hot salty water to a 3lb bag of the grated yucca and stir it, then pour two or three full large cooking spoons of the grated yucca in a cheese cloth, fold it and squeeze it to drip out the liquid and by doing so that way, I remove a "White milky Liquid" (or starch). Then unfold the cheese cloth and drop the dry yucca in a bowl and continue until depleted. At the end of the process, I end up removing more that 2.5 cups of the "White Liquid", meaning the grated yucca came with 1+ cup or more of water added. Thus, to make it malleable again, I replace the excess water removed with the same amount of "Seasoned Chicken Stock" where you boiled your chicken for taste and add annatto oil for coloring and thereafter ,continue the rest of your video recipe process. Thank you for sharing it.

Hola. Estoy sorprendida es la mejor receta de pasteles que he visto. Gracias caballero por compartirlas. Saludos desde Bani Rep Dominicana

I must say, I don't believe I EVER had so much fun enjoying a cooking video as I did with this video. CHEERS! To Master Chef, Senior Julio Rodriguez and gracias Senior Gonzalez for posting this clip and educating us all who truly fancy cooking AUTHENTIC Latin dishes. God Bless you both and I definitely subscribed. Love and much respect from England/ Peru via Spain. ♥♥♥

Master Chef Senior Julio.... I have wanted to make pasteles myself for so long since my grandmother could no longer carry on due to her age. You made a very cohesive video that shows step by step how to make it without feeling intimidated. I'm definitely going to try to make these for this holiday season. Muchas gracias.

EL CHEF JULIO ES UN AMOR DE PERSONA NNO LO CONOZCO PERO ESO ES LO Q REFLEJA DIOS LO SIGA BENDICIENDO GRANDEMENTE Q AMOR TIENE POR LO Q HACE EXCLENTE

MUCHAS GRACIAS POR COMPARTIR,GREAT JOB👍👍👨‍🍳CHEF,AND GOD BLESS🙏

Muchas gracias chef Julio por tomar su tiempo y por su Clara explication. Lo voi a probar pronto. Dios lo bendiga mucho 😎😎😎😎😎

EMERIL! EAT UR HEART OUT! DON JULIO JUST ENTERED THE HOUSE! My wife and I always make pasteles as a team. She makes la masa, prepares the meat Y yo, GUAYO LA masa. ......y, A COMER PASTELES! 😃😃---GRACIAS DON JULIO!😉😉

Wonderdul tutorial...thank you Chef Julio for teaching me how to make pasteles. I will surprise my husband this Holiday!!

I'm making this for the first time in my life! I'm born and raised In Puerto Rico. I'm getting back to my roots and why not start with this! Loved Ur video. I'm going to make the pork pasteles. Thank U so much for such a great video.

Chef you are a master chef.

que falta me hace los pasteles que hacia mi mama antes de enfermarse con alzheimers. ahora aprendere para hacerselos a ella....gracias Don Julio por su video.

I Just have to say thank you Chef!!!! I made it!!!! Perfection!!! My whole family and friends enjoyed every bit of it. Your recipe with a bit pice! 😁 God bless u! I look forward to more delicious recipes.

Looks like-a Mama used to make… When I was a kid I used to help her grind the bananas and potatoes etc… you are the only one who folds the paper like my mom. I will make the bold attempt to make them this year…. Great video.

Hací es como se hace un pastel al estilo Puertoriquieño. Gracias por el video para que la gente aprenda de sus raices....

I've checked out other Puerto Rican pastelles, Dominican, Trinidadian on KZfaq and I think Chef Julio's recipe is the best.

Ive watched many and this is the best yet. I’m Portuguese, live in Hawaii with many different ethnic foods. This is one of my favorites. Your instructions are awesome! Thank you!

thank you Chef Julio for sharing these recipes. can't wait to try the pork pasteles recipe.

I love the ending, You sure do still got it because this video had me SALIVATING =)

Love a man than can cook !!

thank you so much because of you i learn how to make my pasteles. thanks

Thank you for such a great video Chef Julio. I enjoy cooking and am always experimenting with new ideas. This recipe will no allow me to make some long craved pasteles for my family.

Love your smile, your style. It is evident that you are a great chef and a nice gentleman

Mil gracias....el mejor y mas completo video que he visto :-)

I love the simplicity Chef Julio did the Pasteles. This is the closest I've ever seen it done just like my dads Pasteles and I can't wait to try to make them. Thanks Chef Julio. God bless

i love the way you explain yourself. Thank you so much i make your recipe every Christmas !

Chef Julio you should have a cooking tv program. Love your recipes.😘

I can smell these cooking! YUM!!!

Of all the videos I've seen ,Chef Julio's looked the best.

Chef Julio! You are the best! I hope you never take this video down. I'm having a "Pasteles- Making party" and having my closest friends over to help make these in batches this coming week. This will be my 2nd time making this recipe! THE BEST!!

I love your videos Mr. Julio you are amazing When my family ask where are you going? My response is Pa la cocina con Julio!!! hahaha Thankyou for sharing all the deliciousness de mi isla bella!! 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷

Thanks so much for sharing you cook just like my papi it's so easy to follow you

Your presentation is absolutely awesome...thank you

The best detailed video . This recipe is as delicious as it looks. I did it last year for the Christmas holiday and ran out immediately. My mom used to make them with just green bananas, potatoes and maybe plantain. They were delicious, but these are even better, "Sorry Mom." Adding all the extra vegetables really pumped up the taste of the masa and the milk help keep the soft. The only thing I did different was preparing and cooking the meat, but I'm almost sure he's way is also tasty. So for you first timers or those who want to try a different way of making them (like myself) go for it. You won't be disappointed. Thanks, Chef, for sharing this wonderful and informative video.

Best video about pasteles in youtube

I love your video and thank you for doing this from the very beginnings step by step 😊

OMG gracias, se ven rico, pienso a hacerlos con mi hija con la ayudar de este video y Chef Julio, WEPA!!!

GRACIAS BORICUA!! TREMENDA RECETA..

You’re the bomb Chef Julio, love your recipe, thank you ver much.

Very well done video. I've never made the masa with canned milk. I will be giving it a try. I do the cuban, puerto rican mix with my foods..(laughing) and a little soul mix. As long as I get the flavor I want..thank you so much.I will be checking for more videos.

I'm not Puerto Rican , but I love pastels......thanks "Chef Julio" for sharing your recipes.. I'm going to try to make a few dozen. I let you know how was my pastels....I hope my pastes taste good Que Dios lo bendiga.

Chef julio you are so smooth jajaaa...loved watching your video..aprendi unas cositas...gracias...thumbs up !

Hola saludos desde NY. Me encanto este video con la paciencia que el hizo esos pasteles...

I love it! It reminds me when i was growing up... Thank You for the reminder how to make the masa....

Awesome video! Thank you chef 👨‍🍳

This is by far the best video I've seen in making pasteles. I have seen over a dozen video's on how to make pasteles and yours is the best. I have to say you are the only one of all the videos I have seen that go step by step on how to make them. My youngest daughter is going to be very happy this year because she is a vegetarian. This year she will be able to eat pasteles. I finally learned how to make pasteles. Thank you Chef Julio.

Awesome video Julio you outdid yourself here bro. Way to represent La Isla del Encanto and great explanations through out the entire video. 2 Thumbs Up!

It was very easy to follow. Great teacher!!! And they taste awesome! !! Riquisimo!!!

Will be making pasteles for the first time next week. Will be following this method. Thank you. :)

I used a food processor to grate the root vegetables. Perfect.

Thank you for this recipe! Have great memories helping making these as a kid (cutting paper & string, grating, etc.) But never had the recipe. I'll be trying my hand at them :)

Perfectly demonstrated thank you ! U really made easy! Boriqua!!!!

Just like my Mom and Dad used to make them omitting the raisins. They even tied it the same way.

In our home we chop the sofrito ingredients in the blender or the the pilon like mom used to do 'cause we don't like finding chunks of sofrito ingredients in the pasteles. We also never added chick peas. We also made alcapurrias, enpanadas, and yucca pasteles, some of pork, some chicken, some vegetarian. Mom was a wonderful cook (I could almost day she was a chef) there was nothing she didn't know how to make. Always delicious. Miss her a lot.

Que ricoooooooo, ya los quiero hacer, gracias 😀👍

i dont know why but i found this so entertaining

love this video! i just tried it today with my husband! thank you!!