SONSO DE YUCA

cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: ricotta

Nutritional yeast offers a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is healthier and provides a distinct flavor.

egg

🥗Healthier: flaxseed meal

💰Cheaper: aquafaba

Flaxseed meal serves as a binding agent and is vegan.

cornstarch

🥗Healthier: arrowroot powder

💰Cheaper: all-purpose flour

Arrowroot powder is a gluten-free thickener.

Peel and chop yuca into chunks.

Boil yuca until tender, then drain and let cool slightly.

Remove the fibrous core from the yuca.

Mash the cooked yuca using a masher or by hand.

Add 1 egg, 3 tablespoons of butter, 250g of cheese, a little milk, and some salt to the mashed yuca; mix well.

Heat a frying pan over medium heat and add a little oil.

Form the mixture into patties and place them in the frying pan.

Cook each side for about 5 minutes until golden brown.

Serve hot, ideally with a cup of coffee.

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