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The holidays are here and soon enough it will be 2016! which means it is time for entertaining and enjoying some quality time with family and friends. If you didn’t know, I like to cook ? and one of my favorite dishes during the holidays are these cassava balls stuffed with cheese. Cassava or yucca is a root vegetable very popular and common in the Latin culture. It can be eaten boiled, mashed or fried just like a potato. By the way, you can substitute the Cassava with potato in this recipe!!!
This recipe requires boiling the cassava or yucca, making the balls and then frying them for a couple of minutes until golden brown.
Follow these steps…
- 1-2 peel and boil the cassava
- 3-4 drain and remove the inner core of the cassava
- 5-6 mash the cassava and add the cheese
- 7-8 cover with egg and flour
- 9-fry until golden brown
Here is the step by step recipe:
Ingredients
- 1 pound of Cassava root or potatoes, peeled and washed.
- 1 teaspoon of butter
- 2 teaspoons of salt (to boil the cassava)
- 1 beaten egg
- 1 cup of flour
- About 3/4 of a cup of Kraft Natural Shredded Cheese-Sharp Cheddar
- Oil for frying
Instructions
- Place the peeled Cassava in a large pot and cover with salted water. Bring to a boil until tender, about 10 minutes.
- Carefully, drain the water and mash the Cassava with the butter.
- Let the mixture cool down before forming the balls.
- Put about two tablespoons of the mixture in the palm of your hands. Press down and put about 1 teaspoon of cheddar cheese in the center and roll into a ball.
- Repeat the process (you will get about 12 balls)
- Whisk the egg.
- Dip the balls one by one into the egg and then cover with flour.
- Fry in hot oil over medium-high heat until golden brown on the outside but soft inside.
- Place on paper towel to drain oil
For this recipe I used Kraft Natural Shredded Cheese Sharp Cheddar, but you can use mild cheddar as well. Which I bought at my local Walmart.
Easy right? I bet your family and friends will really enjoy this delicious and easy recipe.
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Happy Cooking!
Johanny
lisa serrano
December 21, 2015 at 9:58 am (1 month ago)Oh, I have had these before at a local South American restaurant & they are delicious! Thanks for sharing your recipe.
johannyc
December 21, 2015 at 1:18 pm (1 month ago)They are so good Lisa. By the way, glad you stopped by friend.
Stephanie
December 21, 2015 at 6:12 pm (1 month ago)I have never tried cassava before, but these look so amazing I’m adding the to my new recipes to try for 2016! YUM! (client)