Papa a la Huancaína
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Recipe type: Appetizer
Cuisine: Peruvian
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Serves: 4
 
Boiled yellow potatoes covered with an even yellower spicy and creamy cheese sauce, and accompanied by hard-boiled eggs and black olives
Ingredients
  • ½ cup aji amarillo paste
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 cup evaporated milk
  • 4 soda crackers
  • 8 oz. queso fresco (fresh white cheese)
  • Salt
  • Iceberg lettuce leaves
  • 6 yellow potatoes, boiled and peeled
  • Black olives
  • 3 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and cut in slices
  • Parsley sprigs
Instructions
  1. Put the aji amarillo paste in the blender, add oil and milk and process with the crackers, queso fresco, and salt, until smooth.
  2. In four plates put four lettuce leaves, some thick potato slices, and cover with a few tablespoons of the sauce.
  3. Garnish with black olives, hard boiled eggs and parsley.
Nutrition Information
Serve size: 4 Calories: 443 Fat: 23,51g Carbohydrates: 35,33g Sugar: 6,91 g Fiber: 3,1 g Protein: 22,21g Cholesterol: 404 mg
Recipe by PERU DELIGHTS at https://perudelights.com/classic-papa-a-la-huancaina-revisited/