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Queso Frito Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1/2 cup general purpose flour
salt and pepper to taste
1 cup "Queso del pais", cubed (a.k.a. Queso Blanco, Puerto Rican White Cheese)
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
1 cinnamon stick
1 anise star
1 cup guava paste
1/4 cup white rum
2 leaves basil
Directions:
Directions:
Cheese:
1. Salt and pepper the flour
2. Coat the cheese cubes with flour and fry in 375 degree oil until golden brown
Sauce:
3. to prepare the syrup with water, sugar, cinnamon and anise, boil for 10 minutes
4. Strain to remove solids then mix with guava paste in food processor
5. bring rum to a simmer in a sauce pan and reduce to half by volume
6. Add rum to guava syrup, drizzle over fried cheese and garnish with minced basil
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Queso Frito is literally Fried Cheese. This recipe finishes the fried cheese with a guava and rum sauce that, although I have never tasted, sounds amazing.

 

 

 

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