Bolivia · Latin America

Api con Pastel

Api con Pastel (placeholder image)
Thick purple-corn drink spiced with cinnamon, with cheese-filled fried pastries.
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Api con Pastel

40 minTotal
4Servings
2/5Effort
3/5Wow factor

Ingredients

  • 150 g purple corn flour (api morado)
  • 1.5 L water
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 4 cloves
  • peel of 1 orange
  • 120 g sugar
  • Pastel: 250 g flour, 50 g butter, 150 g queso fresco, oil, powdered sugar

Instructions

  1. Dissolve api flour in 500 ml cold water.
  2. Boil remaining water with spices
  3. add api, whisking.
  4. Simmer 20 min until thick
  5. sweeten.
  6. Make dough, roll thin, fill with cheese, seal and fry until puffed.
  7. Dust pastries with sugar and serve with hot api.