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Boniatillo
EcuRed records boniatillo borracho as a Cuban sweet-potato dessert attributed to Nitza Villapol.
About Boniatillo
EcuRed records boniatillo borracho as a Cuban sweet-potato dessert attributed to Nitza Villapol. This named version combines mashed sweet potato with lemon-scented sugar syrup, egg yolks and butter.
Sweet wine and rum are stirred into the thickened mixture after it leaves the heat. Cinnamon is one of the source's offered finishes, giving the smooth sweet potato an aromatic topping.
The cooked pudding is allowed to cool before serving. Its strained sweet-potato base forms a dense dessert, with the wine-and-rum finish distinguishing the borracho rendition.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Egg, Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Boniatillo
EcuRed's Cuban boniatillo borracho with sweet wine and rum.
- Sweet potatoBase
- SugarSweetener
- WaterLiquid
- Lemon peel and juiceSeasoning
- SaltSeasoning
- Egg yolkBinder
- ButterFinish
- Sweet wineLiquidIngredient page not linked
- RumLiquid
- Ground cinnamonFinish
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Sweet potato: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual115 boniato, cultivar unknown.
- Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual117 syrup water.
- Lemon peel and juice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual118/126 both rind and drops juice, broader lemon mapping.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Egg yolk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed. Actual120.
- Butter: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual121 dairy butter.
- Sweet wine: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual122 original option, exact wine unspecified.
- Rum: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Ground cinnamon: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual127 cinnamon finish selected over meringue.
Origins & food traditions
Cuba association in the attributed source; no exclusive invention claim.
Countries
- Cuba
- CubaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Cuban Cuisine
- Cuban CuisineCatalogue link pending review
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