Capirotada

Name: Capirotada
Ingredients: 20 – 25 slices bolillo (hard bread roll) or baguette, 1-2 days old; 2/3 cup (5 oz/155 g) butter; 10 corn tortillas, toasted (optional); 2 cups (8 oz/250 g) grated queso anejo or queso Chihuahua (or Monterrey Jack or medium-sharp cheddar cheese); 1 ¼ cups (6 oz/185 g) raisins; 1 ½ cups (6 oz/185 g) chopped walnuts or peanuts; 1 cone (5-6 oz/150 – 180 g) piloncillo (raw sugar); 3 cups (24 fl oz/750 ml) water; 1 stick cinnamon; 3 whole cloves; 1 cup (8 fl oz/250 ml) milk

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Capirotada is a traditional Mexican Lenten dessert, a syrup-coated bread pudding decadently layered with cheese, nuts, flavoured with spices.

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Ingredients

20 – 25 slices bolillo (hard bread roll) or baguette, 1-2 days old
2/3 cup (5 oz/155 g) butter
10 corn tortillas, toasted (optional)
2 cups (8 oz/250 g) grated queso anejo or queso Chihuahua (or Monterrey Jack or medium-sharp cheddar cheese)
1 ¼ cups (6 oz/185 g) raisins
1 ½ cups (6 oz/185 g) chopped walnuts or peanuts
1 cone (5-6 oz/150 – 180 g) piloncillo (raw sugar)
3 cups (24 fl oz/750 ml) water
1 stick cinnamon
3 whole cloves
1 cup (8 fl oz/250 ml) milk