Traditionally, Guanimes are made with cornmeal, sugar, salt, all purpose flour and butter, wrapped in banana leaves.
These may be served with a salt cod stew (bacalao guisado) or during Easter, "holy broth" (clad de coco y pescado, a soup made using coconut milk and fish).
Cornmeal masa is wrapped in corn husk stuffed with meat, nuts, fish, beans, or nothing at all.
[1] To prepare guanime dough (masa) dry corn kernels must be boiled until soft and left over night in water.
Once the corn has softened even more it is then mashed with salt, lard, broth and coconut milk until it resembles a dough similar to bread.