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Sopa Paraguaya

Name: Sopa Paraguaya
Total time: 70 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Paraguay
Ingredients: 300g Precooked Corn Flour; 200g Melting Cheese; 100g Cottage Cheese; 2 Onion; 400ml Milk; 4 Egg; 80g Butter; 1 tsp Baking Powder; 1 tsp Salt

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⏱ 70 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐

Called 'soup' but solid — Paraguay's national dish of cheesy cornbread.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Sopa paraguaya means 'Paraguayan soup,' yet it's a moist cornbread of cornmeal mixed with cheese, onion, milk, and eggs and baked. A famous story says it became solid when a cook added too much flour to a soup, and it's called 'the world's only solid soup.' It's a staple side for asado (barbecue) and celebrations.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a Sunday asado in Paraguay, golden squares of cornbread are piled high beside meat grilling over charcoal.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

Precooked Corn Flour 300g
Melting Cheese 200g
Cottage Cheese 100g
Onion 2
Milk 400ml
Egg 4
Butter 80g
Baking Powder 1 tsp
Salt 1 tsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Slice the onion and sauté in half the butter until translucent.
Mix the eggs, milk, remaining melted butter, and salt in a bowl and add the sautéed onion and crumbled cheeses.
Add the cornmeal and baking powder and mix until smooth.
Pour into a buttered ovenproof dish.
Bake at 190°C for 45 minutes until golden on top and cut into squares.

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