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Cheesy Potato Cups

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Canarian Recipes:  Tazas de papa con queso

Kitchen Cupboard Cooking – Don’t have much to work with?
Bacon Cintas – perfect emergency freezer supplies
Leftover Chili/Bolognaise – frozen makes good toppings

Cheesy Potato Cups
Quantities to taste or whatever’s left over!

  • leftover mash
  • milk/cream as available or needed
  • bacon cintas
  • 1/2 onion
  • grated cheese
  • butter
  • oil, salt, pepper, herbs

Method

  1. Caramelise the chopped onion in a little oil before adding the bacon for 2 or 3 minutes.
  2. Combine everything, leaving cheese for the top, and spoon evenly into muffin tins and top with the remaining cheese.
  3. Bake a hot preheated oven until tops are golden brown.
  4. Serve immediately with a dollop of sour cream, chili or mojo salsa on top!

 

Burrata Salad

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Canarian Recipes: Ensalada de Burrata

Burrata is a fresh, stretched – curd cheese made from cow’s milk. It has a round shape and an exterior similar to a pouch-like mozzarella with a characteristic apical closure. Inside, the texture is much softer and more stringy, similar to that of cream cheese.

Ingredients

  • Burrata Cheese or other fresh cheeses
  • Arugula
  • Lamb’s Lettuce
  • Cherry Tomatoes
    Avocado
  • Mango
  • Walnuts,
  • Pistachios
  • Raisins
  • Olive Oil
  • Honey

Mozzarella vs. Burrata: What’s the Difference?
Fresh mozzarella cheese is made from cow or water buffalo milk. It has a firm but elastic texture and can be sliced without losing its shape. Burrata cheese is mozzarella that’s formed into a thin pouch and then filled with a mixture of soft, stringy curd and cream called stracciatella.

What is the goat cheese in the Canary Islands?
Queso Palmero: This characteristic smoky cheese is made with raw milk from local goats, similar to mozzarella.
It’s available fresh, soft, semi-cured and cured.

Burrata cheese from Quesería Mansueto, a family business, dedicated to the production of cheeses and artisanal products, originally from Italy, with ingredients 100% made in the Canary Islands.
https://mansuetoqueseria.com