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Peruvian Causa Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  

Yellow potatoes
Piquillo pepper paste
Peanut oil
Lime juice, freshly squeezed

Filling

Chicken
Mayo
Salt and Pepper
Scallions
Peas & Carrots (thawed)

Garnish

Black Olives
Quail eggs
Avocado
Directions:
Directions:
Boil potatoes, let cool completely. Strain potatoes through a ricer twice.

Blend pepper paste, oil, and lime juice. Mix well with potatoes.

Put chicken in food processor until the size of small bits. Mix with mayo, scallions, and seasoning to taste. Fold in peas & carrots.

Place half of potato mixture in glass dish. Place all of chicken mixture over first layer of potato mixture. Place the rest of the potato mixture on top.

Garnish with in season avocados, black olives, and quail eggs.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This dish is spicy! Also, buy pepper paste online, it is hard to find at the store. Traditional Causa places the dish in individual servings, but serving it from the glass dish is just fine.

 

 

 

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