Delicious El Salvador recipes

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So here are 3 of the most popular El Salvador recipes, please try them at home and enjoy with family and friends!

Semita de Dulce

Instructions:

• On a clean kitchen wooden board place the flour and make a hole in the center, and add here the margarine, yeast, 1/2 of the sugar, eggs, salt and a some water
• Mix the ingredients with your hands and knead the dough well, hitting it against the board a couple of times
• When the dough is shiny and does not stick to your hands and becomes easy to work with, place it a warm place and cover it
• Let it sit for about 2 hours to rise
• In the mean time, you can grease the baking sheet and pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees for about 15 minutes before baking
• After a couple of hours, divide the dough in 2 and roll out with a rolling pin enough to place on the baking sheet
• Cut up in small pieces the dulce de panela and scatter over the baking sheet(this will be the filling)
• Roll out the other 1/2 of the dough and cover up the filling
• With the left overs from the dough, roll out long, thin strings and place over top in a criss-cross shape and sprinkle with a little bit of sugar to finish it off
• Bake for about 30 to 40 minutes or until golden brown

This is a delicious pastry served with coffee all over El Salvador. When you are there, be sure to stop by any bakery and give semita try!

Dulce de panela can be bought at any specialty food store, I've included a picture of it next to the ingredients list.

Nuegados de masa (deep fried pastry)

Ingredients:

2 Cups of instant corn masa mix (same one used to make tortillas)
2 tsp of baking powder
1/4 Cup of butter or margarine
Salt to taste
Vegetable oil for frying

Instructions:

• On a counter top, mix all ingredients together and knead until you get a soft dough
• By hand, make small balls or sticks
• Deep fry in oil but do not over cook

3 Cups of water
1/2 panela natural hardened sugar or 1 cup of brown sugar
1 Cinnamon stick
Lime peeling if desired

Instructions:

• Cook everything together in a small sauce pot until the syrup thickens a little. Approximately 20-30 minutes

Enjoy with a hot cup of coffee as an afternoon sweet snack

Riguas

Instructions:

• With a knife, remove corn kernels from the cob
• Grind corn kernels with flour, sugar and salt
• The dough will be a little liquidy - that's OK
• Cut the banana leafs to about 8 x 10 (around same size of a sheet of paper), rinse them and dry them
• Pour about 2 Tbsp of dough onto 1 side of banana leaf and fold the rest of the leaf over it to form a half moon
• Cook on a griddle over medium heat for about 15 minutes until they set, flipping over every 5 minutes or so
• When they are set and not runny anymore, remove from banana leaf and continue to cook until golden brown

Here is a picture of the finished product.

These is one of the most delicious El Salvador recipes I've made. You can serve with hard cheese, cottage cheese or sour cream on the side.

I love riguas, I could eat them every day! Give them a try, they are delicious and also very healthy.

The food in El Salvador is all so good. Have you tried our Clam cocktail recipe yet?

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