Quesillo
A warm maize tortilla wrapped around a slice of fresh cheese, with onion pickled in vinegar and cream. The most famous are sold in Nagarote and La Paz Centro, on the road to León.
Ingredients
- 8 maize tortillas
- 400 g fresh cheese that melts a little (such as mozzarella)
- 1 white onion
- 200 ml vinegar
- 200 ml thick soured cream
- Salt
How to make it at home
- Slice the onion into thin rings and leave it in the vinegar with salt for at least 30 minutes.
- Cut the cheese into thick slices.
- Warm the tortillas in a frying pan and put a slice of cheese on each one so it softens.
- Roll or fold them and put them on a plate.
- Top them with the cream and the pickled onion with a little of its vinegar.
The trick: In Nicaragua they’re eaten from a small plastic bag, biting through one corner.