Traditional Nicaraguan Quesillo | Quesillo Nicaraguense

fresh cheese

🥗Healthier: low-fat cheese

💰Cheaper: ricotta

Ricotta provides a similar texture at a lower cost.

sour cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: cream cheese

Greek yogurt offers a tangy flavor with fewer calories.

pickled onions

🥗Healthier: fresh onions

💰Cheaper: raw onions

Raw onions can add crunch and flavor without the cost.

corn tortillas

🥗Healthier: whole wheat tortillas

💰Cheaper: flour tortillas

Flour tortillas are often less expensive and more widely available.

Prepare the pickled onions by roughly chopping yellow onions and boiling them in hot water for roughly 3 minutes until soft but not fully translucent.

Remove onions from water and cool. Add desired amount of black vinegar on top of the onions and soak for 5 minutes or until desired color and taste is achieved.

If using cuajada agridulce cheese, add cuajada rounds into boiling water and soften the cheese until pliable. Remove from water and stretch cuajada until it resembles a long round cylinder.

If using whole milk mozzarella, cut thick strips and stack them together for more height and body.

Warm the corn tortilla in a skillet or griddle on low heat for about 3 minutes.

Place the stretched cuajada or stacked strips of mozzarella on top of the warmed tortilla and allow the residual heat to slightly melt the cheese.

Top generously with the pickled onions and add several dollops of crema. Roll the tortilla around the quesillo and enjoy.

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