PERUVIAN PAPA HUANCAINA - WILLY'S STYLE

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Peruvian Papa Huancaina - Willy's Style image

Willy, a Peruvian friend gave me this recipe verbatim. The cheese sauce for this potato dish is one of the better ones that I have tasted. A Peruvian guest of mine practically drank up the whole sauce.

Provided by rainna

Categories     Potato

Time 15m

Yield 8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

10 boiled potatoes, halved
4 hard-boiled eggs, quartered
1/2 yellow onion, thinly sliced
8 ounces cream cheese
1 yellow aji limo chiles or 1 yellow pepper
1 garlic clove
10 -12 cream crackers or 10 -12 saltine crackers
1/4 cup cooking oil (optional)
salt and pepper
1 cup fresh milk
10 -15 pitted black olives
5 lettuce leaves

Steps:

  • Place boiled eggs, potatoes and onions on a serving dish.
  • Blend together in a blender the cream cheese, aji or yellow pepper, garlic, crackers, oil, milk, salt and pepper for 5 minutes until you get a thick mixture.
  • It should be just thick enough to cover the potatoes.
  • If the cheese sauce is watery, add half a boiled potato to thicken the sauce a little.
  • Remove from the blender and pour over the potatoes and eggs.
  • Top with black olives and lettuce for decoration.

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