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Quesadilla Salvadoreña

Name: Quesadilla Salvadoreña
Total time: 70 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: El Salvador
Ingredients: 200g Rice flour; 80g Parmesan cheese; 200g Sour cream; 120g Butter; 150g Sugar; 3 Egg; 100ml Milk; 2 tsp Baking Powder; 1 tbsp White Sesame Seeds

Dessert

⏱ 70 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐

A sweet-salty Salvadoran cheesecake of rice flour, cheese, and sour cream.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

The Salvadoran quesadilla is a baked sweet entirely different from the Mexican tortilla dish. Rice flour is mixed with salty cheese, sour cream, butter, eggs, and sugar, sprinkled with sesame, and baked. Its balance of sweet and salt is superb, and it's essential at afternoon coffee time.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a town bakery in El Salvador, a square sesame-topped bake is cut and served to regulars with afternoon coffee.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

Rice flour 200g
Parmesan cheese 80g
Sour cream 200g
Butter 120g
Sugar 150g
Egg 3
Milk 100ml
Baking Powder 2 tsp
White Sesame Seeds 1 tbsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cream the room-temperature butter and sugar until fluffy and add the eggs one at a time.
Add the sour cream, milk, and Parmesan and mix.
Add the rice flour and baking powder and mix until smooth.
Pour into a parchment-lined pan and scatter the top with white sesame.
Bake at 180°C for 40 minutes until a skewer comes out clean.

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