Snacks & baking
Quesito
A small Puerto Rican pastry made of puff pastry filled with sweetened cream cheese. Golden and crisp, it is eaten at breakfast or as an afternoon snack, often with a coffee.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Garniture
Spices & seasoning
Optional extras
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200 °C and line a tray with baking paper.
- Mix the cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until you have a smooth cream.
- Unroll the puff pastry and cut it into rectangles about 10 x 7 cm.
- Place a spoonful of the cream cheese filling in the centre of each rectangle, leaving a border.
- Fold the pastry into a triangle or roll it up and seal the edges well with a fork.
- Brush the surface with beaten egg yolk and sprinkle with cinnamon.
- Bake for about 15 minutes, until the quesitos are golden, then let them cool slightly before serving.
Variations and tips
Guava version. Add a spoonful of guava jam on top of the cream cheese filling before folding the pastry.
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Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Original Ecomely recipe.