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Papadzules

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Hard-boiled egg tacos bathed in a pumpkin-seed sauce and seed oil, with tomato sauce.

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Papadzules: Hard-boiled egg tacos bathed in a pumpkin-seed sauce and seed oil, with tomato sauce.
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⏱ 50 min🍽 4 servings📊 Intermediate🏷 Commonly associated🌱 Vegetarian🌱 Gluten-free
Preparation
30 min
Cooking
20 min
Waiting and resting
0 min

History

A dish of Maya roots whose name is often translated as 'food for the lords.' Its green pumpkin-seed sauce is its defining element within Yucatecan cooking.

Ingredients

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Preparation

  1. 1

    Simmer the ground pumpkin seeds with broth and epazote until they form a thick sauce.

  2. 2

    Reserve the green oil that the pumpkin seeds release.

  3. 3

    Prepare a roasted tomato sauce with onion.

  4. 4

    Dip the tortillas in the pumpkin-seed sauce and fill them with egg.

  5. 5

    Roll the tacos and bathe them with more pumpkin-seed sauce.

  6. 6

    Garnish with the tomato sauce and the pumpkin-seed oil.

Cooking tips

  • Grind pumpkin seeds finely and add stock gradually: the sauce should coat tortillas without becoming a dry paste.

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