Cuñapé
Traveling around Bolivia in a bus can be very exciting when you are a kid, especially when the bus stops at a checkpoint and tons of ladies start offering different street food to the bus passengers. I used to have a favorite food in every city because every city has different dishes. In Santa Cruz my favorite snack that the ladies would sell outside the buses was Cuñapés, sometimes they would even be hot out of the oven. The nice Crispy outside with the melted soft cheese inside makes this little roll a good source of energy for the long travel ahead. Enjoy!
Makes 10 small portions
Cooking and preparation time 30 min
Ingredients:
1 cup tapioca flour (Bob’s Red Mill)
2 cups shredded monterrey jack (or preferably Queso Fresco)
1 tsp baking powder
1 egg
1-2 tbs milk
Assemble the ingredients and preheat the oven to 450F.
Mix the tapioca flour and the baking powder in a mixing bowl. Add the cheese and mix well until cheese is covered in the flour.
Add the egg to the mix of cheese and flour, and mix. If the dough starts sticking together, you don’t need to add milk if it keeps separating add 1 tbs of milk at that time.
In this case I added one tbs of milk and made a nice ball of dough. Divide the dough in 10 pieces of the same size and shape them into balls. Put a thumbprint in the bottom of each ball (to help with even puffing in the oven).
Place finger print side down on a cooking sheet. You can use a parchment paper. Bake for 15 min at 450F, you want them to be nicely golden and dry.
This is why I love cooking, you get rewarded at the end with delicious food and some recipes don’t take that long to Cook. Best served warm.
do you have any recipes of the sweet tamales that are your background pictures? The only sweet tamales I can find in LA are the Mexican version with cinnamon and raisins. The ones from Santa Cruz were just sweet corn and cheese. I miss these so much and I tried recreating it at home but it was a disaster. =*(
I would like a recipe for humitas also!
just tried these and they came out so delicious – I used queso fresco – what a great snack for tea or breakfast
I tried it and they were delicious! Thanks for sharing!
By any chance do you know a good recipe for “gelatina de patas”?
Thanks!
What cheese can I use if I can’t find any of those cheeses where I live?
Thanks!
I have a recipe from a Santa Cruz, Bolivian native and she uses both mozzarella and queso fresco. Incredible!!
Fantastic
Mozzarella works just fine also!
Mozzarella works fine
I followed the recipe exactly but I needed to add more milk then what it called for. The recipe turned out good my family loved it. Will make it again, thanks.