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Vapora: photo of the dish
Illustrative photo: Elquilo — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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Vapora

A very light little Chilean cake, steamed, with a soft, airy texture, often flavoured with aniseed or vanilla. It's best eaten lukewarm at breakfast or teatime.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

Spices & seasoning

Optional extras

Nutrition facts

465 kcal per serving

Protein
12.9 g
Carbohydrates
69.2 g
of which sugars
27.6 g
Fat
14 g
Fiber
2.4 g

Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.

Instructions

  1. Dissolve the yeast in the warm milk with a spoonful of sugar and leave to rest for 5 minutes.
  2. In a bowl, whisk the eggs with the rest of the sugar, the vanilla and the melted butter.
  3. Add the flour, salt and aniseed, then the risen milk mixture, and knead until you have a soft, non-sticky dough.
  4. Leave the dough covered with a cloth for 45 minutes, until doubled in size.
  5. Divide the dough into 8 portions and shape into even balls.
  6. Arrange the balls in the basket of a steamer, lined with a clean cloth, leaving space between them.
  7. Steam over high heat for 20 to 25 minutes, without lifting the lid during the first 15 minutes.

Variations and tips

Chocolate version. Mix chocolate chips into the dough before leaving it to rise.

Using what's available. Without a steamer, use a colander set over a pan of simmering water with a lid.

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Original Ecomely recipe.