DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Bollos Pelones
Venezuelan corn-dough dumplings with beef filling and tomato sauce.
About Bollos Pelones
Bollos pelones are Venezuelan corn-dough dumplings filled with a savoury guiso. Oriana Romero’s classic ground-beef version combines pre-cooked white corn flour with broth and a filling of vegetables, olives and capers.
The beef filling has briny notes from red-pepper-stuffed green olives and capers. Garlic, leeks and scallions add aromatic depth, while sweet red wine and tomato paste round out its flavour.
The smooth, round dumplings have a tender exterior and a cohesive filling. Thick tomato sauce covers them at service, with optional crumbled queso fresco and Venezuelan nata.
Allergens in this recipe
Optional additions: Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Bollos Pelones
Oriana Romero’s Venezuelan beef-filled bollos pelones.
- Neutral oilCooking medium
- OnionAromatic
- GarlicAromatic
- Green bell pepperAromatic
- LeeksAromatic
- ScallionsAromatic
- Ground beefProtein
- SaltSeasoning
- PepperSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- Tomato pasteBase
- Sweet red wineLiquid
- Green olives stuffed with red pepperBase
- CapersSeasoning
- Canned diced tomatoesBase · Tomato sauce
- WaterLiquid
- Chicken brothLiquid · Dough
- Pre-cooked white corn flour (Harina PAN)Base · Dough
- Queso frescoTopping · Optional serving · Optional
- Venezuelan nataTopping · Optional serving · Optional
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Neutral oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Card oil retained for filling, sauce and dough; source botanical identity unknown despite introduction naming corn oil.
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Used in both filling and sauce.
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Green bell pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Leeks: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Scallions: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Ground beef: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Filling and sauce allocations.
- Pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Botanical kind unspecified.
- Tomato paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Sweet red wine: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader red-wine identity; named sweet style retained. Marsala suggestion not selected.
- Green olives stuffed with red pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader olive link only; stuffed compound formula unresolved.
- Capers: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Canned diced tomatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Diced selected rather than crushed; broader tomato link only.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Listed sauce water plus explicit method-only shaping and cooking water.
- Chicken broth: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Exact broth formula unknown; optional extra broth for sauce adjustment remains conditional.
- Pre-cooked white corn flour (Harina PAN): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader pre-cooked corn flour link; exact named product formula unverified. Not masa harina.
- Queso fresco (optional): Milk. Selected instead of queso para rallar.
- Venezuelan nata (optional): Milk. Method-only dairy topping; broader cream link, regional exact formulation unresolved.
Origins & food traditions
Cuisines & regions
- Venezuelan Cuisine
- Venezuelan CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Zulian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.