Hey, Alicia here again with another great Ecuadorian recipe from my husband; Pan de Yuca. I think that literally translates to "Yuca Bread" but in English we call it cheese bread.
As you can see it's not cheese bread like is normally thought of when one talks about cheese bread. Cheese is the main ingredient in these delicious little buns. So instead of just having cheese sprinkled on top of bread this is literally cheese bread.
This bread has an ingredient that isn't found in most grocery stores here in the USA. Yuca starch, yuca harina, or sometimes called tapioca starch, can be found at Latin markets (our local market is called Rancho Market). We like the Goya Brand tapioca starch. You can also get it on Amazon.
When my husband first started making his bread for us he used this recipe from Laylita's recipes. Over time he has changed the recipe to have the bread turn out as he likes them. Laylita has a lot of fun and delicious Ecuadorian dishes on her website so it's worth a gander to check out her site.
Click through the gallery below to see the process in action of making these. They are very easy to make. Usually he only uses one type of cheese but since he was making them for a large family this time, he had to use 4 different cheeses to have enough dough, and the results were very delicious and flavorful.
Click on the button below to get the recipe. I'll post a few tips below too.
As you can see from these ingredients, this is gluten free! So if you have celiac friends, this should be safe for them to have!
I hope you get to try these and enjoy them. We'll probably post soon about the yogurt drink that goes with them so stay tuned! Let us know if you have tried the recipe and what you think. Or if you have any questions, post it in the comments below!
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Hey, Alicia here again. Today I'm going to talk about bolones and how you make them.
My husband is from Ecuador and lucky for me the food from Ecuador is really delicious and also luckily, he really enjoys making it for me. Ecuadorian food is full of flavor but not spicy hot.. Anyways, one of my favorite things he makes are these bolones. Basically it's fried plantain smashed and formed into a ball with some other ingredients. It's delicious to eat on its own or we like it with a fried egg on top too.
In Ecuador these are usually eaten for breakfast. And instead of bacon, it's more common to get them with chicharrones. Chicharrones in Ecuador are fried bits of really fatty pork. This is different than in other countries like Mexico or countries in Central America where chicharrones are essentially pork rinds. But we don't have chicharrones here in the USA, so we use bacon. Thick sliced bacon is the best we think because then you can make them into lardons basically and it's similar to chicharrones.
Also the cheese in Ecuador is not exactly the same as queso fresco, but similar enough that it is a good substitute. My husband says that Ecuadorian cheese is fresh like queso fresco, but saltier. For this reason, sometimes "a bit of feta is added to get the required saltiness that they yearn from their homeland." On a scale the saltiness of Ecuadorian cheese is somewhere between queso fresco and feta cheese. Ok on to how to make these delights! Click through the gallery below to see the process.
I'll post the recipe below, but these are really easy to make. Here's some tips:
*Also for baking the bacon, I just did it at 350 F until it looked crispy and smelled delicious. And to keep the bacon from being too greasy, I accordian folded the foil and placed the bacon across the top of that. It allowed the excess grease to go down into the pan and the bacon still got crispy. I did this because the first time I baked bacon it was swimming in grease and it wasn't as enjoyable. (I know that seems impossible). Or, to save time you could purchase the pan like the one below!
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Helen Reynolds: Mother of six children , grandmother to eleven! I love to cook, craft and create things and I especially love doing that with my family, So, when my lawyer daughter, Lindsey, my artist daughter, Madalynn, and I came up with the idea of Hot Cocoa Bombs, this blog was born. Then, one more daughter, with her technical and science skills, plus creativity has joined in to round us out! Read more about us here! Archives
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