Cookbook talk:Hallaca (Venezuelan Stuffed Corn Dough)

hallacas
This is a very extrange recipe of how to make hallacas ... mash potatoes for the doug? never! polenta? never! asparragus and mushrooms?, never! ; pork, chicken and beef, onions, leeks, garlic, green onions, red pepers, aji dulce, tomatoes for the stew then olives, almonds, capers, raisins and seasons: black pepper, oregano, red vine, etc. In the US you can find in any Latin grocery store "harina PAN" to make the doug, onoto seeds, and banana leaves imported from Guatemala or the Philipines; the leaves have to be procesed by boiling then for a minute or smoking them.