Assignment 20-- Daniel Mendoza Vasquez

How to Make Colombian Buñuelos

Ingredients: 1 cup Yucca flour, 2 eggs, 1 cup queso fresco, a pinch of salt, vegetable oil

1. Fill a large pot ¾ of the way with vegetable oil. The measurement doesn’t have to be exact. Put it on the stove and start heating it up (around 300 degrees, not too hot)
2. Take the rest of the ingredients and place them in a bowl. Mix thoroughly using your hands until a dough-like substance is obtained.
3. With that dough, make several little balls of moderate size; maybe 2-3 inches across. 
4. Make a significantly smaller ball with the dough and put it in the oil to test if it is ready. If the ball rises to the top of the pot within 10 seconds, then the oil is hot enough for the rest.
5. Start carefully dropping the balls into the pot with the oil to cook them. Remove when golden brown. If the oil is too hot, the cheese may expand beyond the ball you made and make a weird looking shape, but that is no cause for concern as they will taste the same.
6. Drain any remaining oil on the bunuelos and enjoy!