PUCACAPAS

cheese

🥗Healthier: low-fat cheese

💰Cheaper: cottage cheese

Cottage cheese is lower in fat and cost-effective.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Margarine is often less expensive than butter.

sour cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: plain yogurt

Plain yogurt can be a lower-cost substitute for sour cream.

jalapeños

🥗Healthier: bell peppers

💰Cheaper: banana peppers

Banana peppers are milder and more affordable.

Heat olive oil in a skillet.

Add chopped onion and garlic; sauté until translucent.

Add aji colorado and aji panca; cook for 5 minutes and set aside.

In a bowl, combine cheese and beaten egg whites; mix and set aside.

In another bowl, mix sugar, one whole egg, and two egg yolks; combine and set aside.

In a separate bowl, add 4 cups of flour, butter, baking powder, and salt; mix until crumbly.

Pour in the egg and sugar mixture; mix until integrated.

Add milk and continue mixing until a dough forms.

Place the dough on a surface and knead for a few minutes.

Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and let it rest for 10 minutes.

Divide the rested dough into equal-sized balls and flatten each one.

Place a generous amount of the filling in the center of each flattened dough.

Cover with another disk of dough, seal the edges, and crimp them.

Brush the tops with a mixture of oil and aji colorado.

Bake in the oven for 30 minutes.

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