DISH RESEARCH · Soup
Sopa de Capirotadas
Espinal’s sopa de capirotadas serves fried corn-flour and cuajada balls in beef-broth soup thickened with a separate corn-flour portion.
About Sopa de Capirotadas
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Chef Carlos Espinal’s sopa de capirotadas places fried corn-flour and cuajada balls inside a beef-broth soup. The listed corn flour has separate one-cup dough and half-cup soup-thickening portions.
One cup of corn flour is mixed thoroughly with the supplied fresh cuajada. Water is added gradually until the dough has a tortilla-like consistency. Small, tablespoon-sized balls are formed, fried in enough vegetable oil until golden, removed and drained on absorbent paper.
For the soup, supplied finely chopped yellow onion cooks with garlic, ripe tomatoes and cilantro. The mixture is stirred until well fried, then receives the supplied beef broth. The potato is cut into medium cubes and added; the soup cooks until the potato is soft.
Achiote and the separate half-cup portion of corn flour dissolved in the same broth thicken the soup. Salt and generic pepper finish the seasoning.
The soup is served in a deep container with the fried capirotadas inside it. Buen Provecho describes the Honduran soup as something enjoyed hot.
Ingredients in Sopa de Capirotadas
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- Beef brothbase
- Corn Masafilling
- Cheesefilling
- Onionseasoning
- Garlicseasoning
- Cilantrogarnish
- Saltseasoning
Ingredient connections awaiting review. Versions and preparation vary.
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- Honduran