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Papa a la huancaina
Cooked potatoes bathed in a creamy sauce of aji amarillo and cheese.
VegetarianGluten-free
Ingredients
- 4 yellow potatoes, cooked and sliced
- 4 tablespoons of aji amarillo paste
- 200 g of fresh cheese
- 150 ml of evaporated milk
- 4 soda crackers or 1 slice of bread
- 2 tablespoons of oil
- 1 hard-boiled egg in slices
- Lettuce leaves to serve
- Black olives
- Salt to taste
Step-by-step
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- Place the aji amarillo, the fresh cheese, the milk, the crackers, the oil and the salt in the mixing bowl.
- Crush 1 min/speed 8 until you get a very smooth and homogeneous sauce.
- If it is too thick, add a little more milk and mix 15 sec/speed 6.
- Taste and adjust the salt with 10 sec/speed 4.
- Place the lettuce leaves on the plates and the potato slices on top.
- Generously bathe the potatoes with the huancaina sauce.
- Decorate with hard-boiled egg and olives and serve fresh.
Tips
- The sauce should be thick but fluid; adjust with milk.
- Also serve the sauce over noodles for a delicious variation.
- Use fresh cheese that is not too salty to balance it.
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