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Baleada

Name: Baleada
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Honduras
Ingredients: 300g Bread flour; 1 tsp Baking Powder; 40g Butter; 180ml Water; 1/2 tsp Salt; 300g (canned) Red kidney beans; 80g Feta Cheese; 4 tbsp Sour cream; 1 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 1 Avocado; 4 Egg

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⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Thick flour tortillas filled with bean paste, cheese, and cream — Honduras's national dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

The baleada is Honduras's best-loved dish: a thick, soft flour tortilla spread with mashed red bean paste, crumbled cheese, and sour cream and folded in half. Said to come from the northern port of La Ceiba, the 'baleada con todo' with egg, avocado, and grilled meat is also popular.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a street-corner stall in Honduras, a woman cooks hand-stretched white tortillas on a griddle, spreads them with beans and cheese, folds them, and hands them over.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Bread flour 300g
Baking Powder 1 tsp
Butter 40g
Water 180ml
Salt 1/2 tsp
Red kidney beans 300g (canned)
Feta Cheese 80g
Sour cream 4 tbsp
Vegetable Oil 1 tbsp
Avocado 1
Egg 4

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mix the bread flour, baking powder, salt, and butter, add lukewarm water, knead into a soft dough, and rest 1 hour.
Fry the red beans with a little cooking liquid and oil, mashing into a smooth paste.
Divide the dough into 4, stretch by hand to about 20cm across, and cook on both sides in a frying pan.
Spread the tortillas with bean paste, sour cream, and crumbled cheese.
Add scrambled egg or avocado if you like and fold in half.

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