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Baleada
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Baleada

A thick wheat tortilla folded over refried red beans, crumbled cheese and sour cream – the street-food emblem of Honduras.

Eaten in: Honduras

Prep
30 min
Cooking
20 min
Resting
30 min
Total
1 h 20 min
Servings
4

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About the dish

The baleada is Honduras's favourite snack: a large, soft wheat-flour tortilla, warmed on a griddle and folded in half around a filling. In its simplest form (baleada sencilla) it holds only refried red bean purée, crumbled salty cheese (queso duro) and thick sour cream, which Hondurans call mantequilla. Fancier baleadas add scrambled eggs, avocado, plantain or grilled meat. They are eaten for breakfast, supper and at any hour in between, bought from street vendors who shape and griddle the tortillas in front of their customers. Their home is the country's northern coast, around towns such as La Ceiba and San Pedro Sula.

Main ingredients

  • wheat flour
  • red beans
  • hard salty cheese
  • sour cream
  • avocado
  • eggs

Honduras: It comes from Honduras's northern Caribbean coast and is now eaten all over the country.

More: Wikipedia (en)

Recipe

Baleada

https://foodmap.ominuvo.com/dish/baleada

Ingredients

4 servings

4 servings

Method

  1. Mix the flour with the baking powder and salt, rub in the fat and gradually add the warm milk, kneading to a smooth, elastic dough.

  2. Divide the dough into 8 balls, cover with a tea towel and let them rest for 30 minutes.

  3. Warm the beans in a small pan with a splash of water until smooth and spreadable. If you like, scramble the eggs and slice the avocado.

  4. Stretch each ball by hand or with a rolling pin into a thin round about 22 cm across.

  5. Cook the tortillas in a very hot dry pan for 30–60 seconds a side until bubbled and spotted brown.

  6. Spread half of each hot tortilla with beans, sprinkle with cheese, add a spoonful of sour cream and the egg and avocado if using, fold in half and serve at once.

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