Nochebuena (Huila Christmas Preserve)
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Gran Libro de la Cocina Colombiana
This is the dessert that cannot be missing from any home during Huila Christmas
Cooking time
90 minutes
Number of servings
10
Difficulty
Medium
Ingredients
10
piece(s) green lemons
1
piece(s) green papaya
10
piece(s) higuillos (small figs)
10
piece(s) figs
3
piece(s) panelas, cut
3
water
10
piece(s) almojábanas (cheese rolls)
250
gr white cheese, cut into slices
Directions
- Put lemons to bleed in fresh water, inside a copper pan, for 2 days; water is changed occasionally.
- Then remove, cut in two, extract pulp, and put to cook in same pan for 30 minutes.
- Green papaya is peeled, cut into slices and passed through boiling water to remove the latex, and then cut into thin slices.
- Figs are passed through boiling water, and cut in cross at thick part, without separating.
- Prepare in copper pan a syrup with water and panela.
- Add all fruits and let soak for 20 minutes, stirring with wooden spoon.
- To the almojábanas make a hole in the middle, and fill with pieces of cheese.
- Put almojábanas on top of syrup for 5 minutes (so cheese melts or serve cheese separately).