Easy Fanesca Imitation - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Stew
1 1/2 cups hard squash, raw, cubed
1 1/2 cups figleaf squash, raw, cubed
1 cup cabbage, raw, chopped
1 1/2 cups dry white beans
1/4 cup rice, dry
1/2 lb salt cod fish
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon achiote
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 1/2 white onions
1 dash pepper
1/4 teaspoon cumin
1 cup half-and-half
1/2 cup natural-style peanut butter
1 1/2 cups frozen broad beans
1 cup frozen peas
3 cups hominy
1/2 cup 'chochos' or 'lupini' beans
Adornments
green plantain
egg

Preparation

Ahead of time, cook the squashes, cabbage, rice and beans separately and soak the fish. Save the liquids from the beans and fish.
If the broad beans still have the shells, remove them.
When ready to prepare:.
1. In a large pot, fry onion in 1 T butter with achiote and 3 minced cloves of garlic until the onion is transparent.
2. Add pepper and1/4 tsp cumin and fry additional minute.
3. Cut the fish in medium sized pieces (to preference).
4. Add a half cup of saved fish water, half-and-half, and the bean water to make one liter of liquid. If the bean water does not reach a liter, add water.
5. Add peanut butter, squash, sambo, cabbage, and rice; boil for 20 minutes, stirring, until it reaches a creamy consistency.
6. Add the hominy, both types of beans (make sure the broad beans have no shells), and peas, and simmer for 10 minutes.
7. Add the fish, simmer for 5 minutes. More of the fish water may be added to taste.
8. Add chochos.
Top with any/all of the following:.
1. Fried plantain: Cut the plantains into pieces about an inch long, microwave until soft, press flat with a flat knife or a can, and fry in oil of your choice until golden brown.
2. Hard-boiled egg, peeled and halved.
3. Empanadas.