Peneques - Gerardo Lopez
They are the humble alloy of street food in Mexico City. Peneques are a tortilla filled in with cheese and dipped in a tomato sauce with no chili.
Ingredients
- 12 nixtamal corn tortillas (preferably La Tortilleria)
- 12 wooden toothpicks (no plastic ones as they can't be fried)
- 250 gr mozzarella cheese (sliced in 12 pieces, substitute with any melty cheese)
- 3 eggs (separate the yolks and whites)
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour (set aside some extra for coating )
- 50 ml vegetable oil
- 4 tomatoes
- 1/2 brown onion (or any other onion)
- 1 garlic clove
- 2 coriander springs (finely chopped, leaves off for garnish)
- 1 cup chicken broth
- salt to taste
- 1/2 cup fresh cream (replace with sour cream or creme fraiche)
- 150 gr fetta cheese (replace with any white crumbly fresh cheese)
- coriander leaves (remove from coriander bunch above)
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