SWEET RECIPE

By: Guanajuato ¡Si Sabe!

Tumbagones


Ingredients:
  • 3 green tomatoes with peel
  • 1 pinch of tequesquite
  • 2 tablespoons of alcohol for human consumption
  • 10 egg yolks
  • 1⁄4 kg flour
  • 1 egg white
  • 250 g lard
  • Powdered sugar for sprinkling

Directions:

The tomatoes are boiled with a little water and the tequesquite. They are strained and the water is left to cool. The yolks are beaten to the point of cordon, mixed with the flour and this is wetted with the tequesquite water and the alcohol, until it is a hard and smooth paste. Let it rest for a while and then roll it out very thinly with a rolling pin. Cut wide strips with a wheelbarrow, make tubes and stick them with egg white. Fry them in the hot lard and roll them in the powdered sugar. They are presented in a sweet dish.

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