
How To Make Nuegados de Yuca (Salvoradan Donuts)
Craving donuts? Try whipping up these deep-fried nuegados de yuca made with cassava and topped with some sweet panela honey.
Ingredients
For Nuégados:
- 1 lb cassava, peeled, rinsed and ground very finely
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 3 oz cheese, hard or soft, grated
- 1⁄4 tsp salt
- vegetable oil, (for frying)
For Panela Honey:
- 1⁄2 lb panela, whole, broken into pieces, or ground
- 1 cup water
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 3 whole cloves
Instructions
Panela Honey:
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Pour the panela into a large saucepan. Add the water and spices.
- Simmer over medium heat until the panela is completely dissolved.
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Mix and boil over low heat, stirring frequently for about 10 to 15 minutes, until the honey thickens enough to leave the spoon covered with a light layer. Set aside.
Nuégados:
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Mix all the ingredients to form a soft dough. Shape the nuégados like a small tortilla.
- Heat a large pot with oil and deep-fry the nuégados until they are golden brown.
- Serve the nuégados drizzled with panela honey.
Nutrition
- Sugar: 187g
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- Calcium: 105mg
- Calories: 826kcal
- Carbohydrates: 194g
- Cholesterol: 17mg
- Fat: 2g
- Fiber: 1g
- Iron: 2mg
- Monounsaturated Fat: 1g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g
- Potassium: 59mg
- Protein: 2g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Sodium: 1348mg
- Trans Fat: 1g
- Vitamin A: 56IU
- Vitamin C: 4mg
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