Papas a la Huancaina
By Mom_s
Papas a la Huancaina, (potatoes Huancayo style) are boiled yellow potatoes covered with an even yellower spicy and creamy cheese sauce, and accompanied by hard-boiled eggs and black olives. This easy recipe is so popular that you can find the Huancaina sauce everywhere in Peru: as a dip for crudites, quails eggs, corn, or fried yucca, as a sauce for spaghetti or risotto (surprisingly good)
Ingredients
- 6 yellow potatoes, boiled and peeled
- 5 aji Amarillo chili pepper, seeded and ribbed
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 4 soda crackers (saltines)
- 8 oz. queso fresco (fresh white cheese)
- 1 cup evaporated milk
- Iceberg lettuce leaves
- Black olives
- 3 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and cut in slices
- Salt
- Parsley sprigs
Details
Preparation
Step 1
* Cut the aji and take out the seeds and ribs. Boil in salted water for 15 minutes, strain and peel: the skin will be easy to remove.
*Put the aji in the blender, add oil and milk and process with the crackers, white cheese, and salt, until creamy.
*In a plate put a lettuce leaf, some thick potato slices, and cover with a few tablespoons of the sauce.
* Decorate with black olives, hard boiled eggs and parsley.
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