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Catibias

Dominican cassava-product empanadas with cheddar filling.

Catibias — illustrative food image

About Catibias

Clara González’s catibías are Dominican empanadas made with cativía, a processed cassava product. This version selects the source’s popular cheddar filling and fine store-bought cativía branch.

Cassava supplies the shell’s distinctive flavour, with salt in the dough. The cheddar provides a savoury dairy filling, and corn oil is selected for the dough, shaping surfaces and frying.

The thin dough folds into half-moons around the cheese and is sealed at the edges. Deep frying gives the shells a golden, crisp surface; the source calls for immediate service after frying.

Allergens in this recipe

Contains: Milk.

Other allergen details are unconfirmed.

Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.

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Ingredients in Catibias

Clara González’s cheddar-filled Dominican catibías.

Ingredient details & uncertainties

Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.

  • Fine cativía: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Exact fine processed cassava/tapioca product55/92; not silently whole-root cassava flour or purified tapioca starch. Registry identity unresolved.
  • Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Corn oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Corn branch94 selected over peanut/soy; all dough102/surface106/frying109 allocations consolidated.
  • Cheddar cheese: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Explicit cheese branch95–96/107 chosen over separate beef preparation.

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AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.

Sources & references
  1. Clara González, Dominican Cooking — Empanaditas de Yuca (Cassava Empanadas)