PAPA A LA HUANCAINA (PERUVIAN
TYPICAL DISH) POTATOES WITH
CHEESE
 
2 lb. potatoes, cooked with skins
2 slices bread
1 cup evaporated milk
1 or 2 green/yellow hot peppers (without the seeds)
1/2 cup oil
1 cup fresh cheese -or-
1 cup coarsely grated fresh Mozzarella/Munster cheese
salt, to taste
lettuce leaves
6 black olives
3 hard boiled eggs
6 pieces fresh cheese

Peel potatoes and cool. To prepare the sauce, soak bread in milk. Liquify hot peppers with oil in blender and add milk, bread and cheese. Mix until smooth. If the cheese is salty, no more salt is necessary. Arrange the cooked and peeled potatoes on the lettuce leaves and cover with the cheese sauce. Decorate with olives, hard boiled eggs and pieces of fresh cheese.

 

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