Papas A La Huancaina
- 6 russet potatoes, peeled boiled, and sliced
- 4 eggs, hard boiled
- 9 ounces queso ranchero (or queso casero or feta cheese)
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk
- 2 tablespoons peruvian yellow chili paste (aji amarillo paste-very spicy!)
- 1 -2 tablespoon olive oil
- 5 -8 water crackers
- garnish
- 3 -4 lettuce leaves
- black olives
- For the papas:
- Assemble lettuce leaves on a nice plate or platter.
- Lay potato slices on top, trying to keep the round discs intact.
- For the salsa Huancaina:
- In a blender container or food processor, place cheese, garlic, evaporated milk and aji paste, blend until smooth.
- Add 2 yolks of the hard boiled eggs, and a few water crackers.
- While blender is running, drizzle in 1 T of oil.
- Check consistency.
- It should be about the consistency of thin cake batter.
- If it needs more thickening, add more crackers and oil.
- Check seasoning, if you are using feta cheese, it might not need salt, you can also add a bit more aji if you like it spicy.
- To serve, pour sauce over potatoes and lettuce.
- Garnish with remaining 2 hard boiled eggs, cut in wedges and black olives.
potatoes, eggs, queso, garlic, milk, yellow chili paste, olive oil, water, black olives
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/papas-a-la-huancaina-114120 (may not work)