In Mexico we have an exquisite and very old saucer prepared based on a plant called Huanzotle. This plant is also known for being the fresh plant where the amaranth comes from and is a food 10 since in addition to being very economical, in terms of its nutritional information it is excellent because it contains high amounts of fiber, potassium, phosphorus and vitamins of the complex B. This plant is proudly originally from Mexico and for its natives it constituted a very important food. That is why in this occasion we present a recipe prepared with the Huanzotle as the main ingredient. These are exquisite Huanzontles in salsa stuffed with cheese that you will love, so you cannot miss this recipe of Huanzontles capeados so traditionally Mexican.
| 🚻 8 Diners | 🕘 45m | 🍵 Main | 🤯 Diping Difference |
| Ingredients to make capes huanzontles: |
| 2 bundles of fresh huanzontles 150 grams of strand cheese 2 pieces of egg white 1 cup of wheat flour (140 grams) ½ kilogram of red tomato ¼ piece of white onion 1 clove of garlic 1 pinch from salt 1 pinch of pepper ½ cup of oil |
| ADDITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS: Cheap cost, nothing spicy, fried, |
Ingredients to make capes huanzontles:
1. In the following image you can observe the ingredients that we will need for the preparation of these delicious capezontles.
2. We are going to start by placing our bunch of Huanzontles in water to disinfect them perfectly.
3. Meanwhile we will begin with the preparation of the sauce: for this we place in the glass of the blender the clean red tomatoes, together with the onion, the garlic, a pinch of salt and we proceed to liquefied until obtaining a homogeneous sauce.
4. This tomato sauce we are going to place it in a saucepan with previously heated oil and let it be cold for approximately 10 minutes. Once ready we remove it from heat and reserve a moment.
5. Once our bunches of Huenzontle are disinfected now if we proceed with its preparation: we start beating the egg whites very well until they are nougat.
6. On the other hand we take some sprigs of Huanzontle and accommodate them as seen in the following image, in the central part we will place some strand cheese.
7. Now we compact the twigs well to take shape and go to cover them with a little wheat flour.
8. followed by the flour we submerged the huanzontle in the egg whites about nougat. Trying to completely cover the huanzontle stuffed with cheese.
9. Finally we carry the huanzontles capped to fry in a pan with previously heated oil, leaving them that are completely brown, and once ready we remove them from the heat and place them on absorbent paper to remove the surplus fat they could have.
10. To serve them we place the huanzontles capeados on a plate and bathe them with the red tomato sauce that we prepared a moment ago and ready! We can already enjoy this rich dish of Huanzontles in sauce accompanied by delicious corn tortillas made by handmade corn .
