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Pupusas
A pupusa is a stuffed corn-tortilla, usually served with a spicy coleslaw called curtido. Pupusas originated in El Salvador, but immigrants have taken the dish to other Central American countries and beyond. Pupusas are hand-made and thick. Like all corn tortillas, they are made using corn masa. They are stuffed with one or more of the following: *cheese (queso) (usually a soft Salvadoran cheese called Quesillo) *fried pork rind (chicharrones) *chicken (pollo) *refried beans (frijoles refritos) *queso y Loroco (loroco is a shrub flower bud from Central America) There are also the pupusa revueltas (with mixed ingredients of cheese, pork, and beans). Pupusas are usually served with curtido and tomato sauce. They are eaten with the fingers.
Ingredients
- corn masa
- water
- cheese, 細切り。硬いチーズと柔らかいチーズを組み合わせる。加熱用チーズ、モッツァレラ、リコッタを混ぜてもよい3 cup
- heavy cream3–4 tbsp
- loroco, 入手しにくければ、ごく細かく刻んだピーマンまたは青ねぎで代用可1/2–1 cup
- salt, 好みで調整
- bacon1 cup
- garlic, 好みで使用。みじん切り
- tomato4–5
- green pepper1
- salt, 好みで調整
- refried beans, すりつぶして炒めた豆。缶詰または好みのレシピで作ったもの
Quantities are auto-calculated from the original recipe as a guide. Items without numbers (e.g. “to taste”) are not changed.
Method 12 steps
Follow the instructions on the bag of masa for making tortilla dough, and make as much dough as needed. One pupusa uses about as much dough as two tortillas.
Set the dough aside while you prepare the filling.
Make a paste with all of the ingredients. To avoid the paste leaking out of the pupusas, it should not be too soft.
Cook the bacon with some garlic. Set fat aside but do not discard.
Once cooked, grind bacon with the tomatoes, green pepper, and salt to taste.
Mix in some of the bacon fat until it has a soft consistency.
Prepare the ground and fried beans as desired.
Shape and fill 2 tbsp of the dough per pupusa using one of the two methods below. When filling the pupusas add some of the bean, chicharrón, and/or cheese fillings.
Beginner method: Shape the dough into a ball, and clap it between your hands until you make a round, thin tortilla about ⅛ in thick. Continue making more tortillas this way. Put some filling on one tortilla, cover with another, and press the sides to seal them.
Experienced method: Shape the dough into a ball, then insert your thumb in the ball to make a hole in the center. Fill the hole with some filling, and seal the hole by pushing and pinching the dough on the sides up. Carefully clap the pupusa between your hands to flatten it without pressing out the filling.
Cook the pupusas on a lightly greased griddle, pan, or electric pancake griddler over low-medium heat (325–350°F) on one side, then the other until they are cooked. Each side will be ready when it no longer sticks to the pan (depending on the thickness of the tortillas, this might take 4 minutes or more per side).
Top the pupusas with curtido and tomato sauce.