Champuz - Champus
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Recipe type: Dessert
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Serves: 10
 
Ingredients
  • 250 grs mote
  • 2 small green apples, chopped
  • 1 cherimoya, pealed, deseeded, and chopped
  • ½ pineapple, peeled and chopped
  • 1 quince, peeled and chopped
  • ½ - 1 cup sugar (you can use brown if you prefer)
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 4 cloves
  • ½ cup corn flour
  • Powdered cinnamon
  • Water
Instructions
  1. Soak the mote overnight, in a bowl full of water. you can even soak it for 2 days, changing the water a couple times, to make it softer.
  2. The next morning, drain the water, and cook the mote covered in water until soft. This may take long (about 2 hours).
  3. In a large pan filled with boiling water, cook the pineapple, together with sugar, cinnamon sticks, and cloves, for 15 minutes over medium heat.
  4. Add the apples and quince and cook for another 15 minutes.
  5. In a bowl, beat the flour with some water, until completely dissolved and without lumps. Add to the pan, together with the cherimoya and the cooked mote, and cook for 5 extra minutes, stirring.
  6. Serve immediately, or at room temperature, sprinkled with ground cinnamon.
  7. You can also put it in the fridge once it has cooled.
Recipe by PERU DELIGHTS at https://perudelights.com/sweetfridays-a-fruity-dessert-to-feel-good-about/