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     Papa a la Huancaína (Peruvian)

Category   Appetizers
Sub Category   None
Servings   6

Ingredients
6 yukon potatoes, peeled, boiled and halved
Lettuce Leaves
2 hard-boiled eggs
8 large black olives, halved
Huancaína (wan-kay-eena) sauce-
9 ozs queso ranchero (or queso casero or large curd cottage cheese)
1 garlic clove, mashed
1 - 12 oz can evaporated milk
 
2-3 Tbl Peruvian yellow chili paste (aji amarillo paste-very spicy!)
1-2 Tbl olive oil
5-8 saltine crackers
2 yolks from hard-boiled eggs
salt and pepper to taste

Instructions
Heat a large pot of salted water to boiling and add the potatoes. Boil potatoes until tender when pierced with a fork. Drain water from potatoes and let cool. Slice potatoes and arrange on top of the lettuce leaves.
To make huancaína sauce- In a blender container or food processor, place cheese, garlic, evaporated milk and aji paste, blend until smooth. Add 2 yolks of the hard boiled eggs, and a few crackers. While blender is running, drizzle in 1 T of oil. It should be about the consistency of thin cake batter. If it needs more thickening, add more. To make huancaína sauce- In a blender container or food processor, place cheese, garlic, evaporated milk and aji paste, blend until smooth. Add 2 yolks of the hard boiled eggs, and a few crackers. While blender is running, drizzle in 1 T of oil. It should be about the consistency of thin cake batter. If it needs more thickening, add more crackers and oil. Check seasoning, if you are using feta cheese, it might not need salt, you can also add a bit more aji if you like it spicy. crackers and oil. Check seasoning, if you are using feta cheese, it might not need salt, you can also add a bit more aji if you like it spicy.
Pour huancaína sauce over potatoes, and garnish with slices of hard-boiled egg and black olive halves.
Serving Suggestions
Serve at room temperature as an appetizer or small side dish.


Originally Submitted
3/20/2011





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