Mestizo Mbejú with Fried Eggs
Cassava and corn tortillas with cheese, made in a skillet (frying pan) and served with fried eggs.
Ingredients
- 300 g of cassava starch
- 400 g of Paraguayan corn flour
- 150 g of beef fat, plus extra as needed for cooking
- 200 g of grated semi-hard cheese (pategrás and provolone)
- 200 ml of hot water
- 1 tablespoon of coarse salt
- 12 eggs
Method
- 1
Dissolve the salt in the hot water.
- 2
Soften the fat with your hands until it has a soft, creamy consistency, without melting it over heat or in the microwave.
- 3
Rub with the starch until crumbs form. Gradually incorporate the corn flour and all the brine, crumbling the mixture. Obtain a damp sandy texture, without forming a dough ball. Mix in the cheese.
- 4
Heat a thick non-stick skillet (frying pan) and grease it. Distribute a 1 cm layer; tuck the edges inward and compact gently.
- 5
Cook until it releases from the skillet and rotate gently to brown evenly. When the base is golden, flip with the help of a plate and brown the other side. Repeat in batches.
- 6
Fry the eggs with fat until the whites set. Serve the mbejú hot with two eggs per person.