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Puerto Rican food question

Barbarainnc — Sun, 22 Dec 2019 11:22:45 GMT

I saw a video clip of a bakery in PR making quesitos. Pronounced (kay-see-toes). Is the dough a yeast dough? It had a cream cheese/sugar filling. It was baked, then brushed with a honey syrup. Sure looked good.

Re: Puerto Rican food question

LizzieInSRQ — Sun, 22 Dec 2019 11:49:12 GMT

It took a second to search for this info. It's made with puff pastry and puff pastry does not have yeast in it.

Re: Puerto Rican food question

jackthebear — Sun, 22 Dec 2019 12:23:32 GMT

@Barbarainnc wrote:
I saw a video clip of a bakery in PR making quesitos. Pronounced (kay-see-toes). Is the dough a yeast dough? It had a cream cheese/sugar filling. It was baked, then brushed with a honey syrup. Sure looked good.

sound like cheese danish

Re: Puerto Rican food question

butterfly123 — Sun, 22 Dec 2019 17:58:30 GMT

@Barbarainnc

Ingredients

1 puff pastry sheet thawed
8 ounces cream cheese
2/3 cup confectioners sugar (powered sugar) sifted
egg wash

Instructions

Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper or a baking mat.

Pre-heat oven to 400 ° F.
Mix cream cheese and confectioners sugar together using a hand mixer. Set aside.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out one sheet of a thawed puff pastry. It should be approximately 12 x 12.

Then cut out 4 x 4 size squares. (You should get 9 squares from one puff pastry sheet).
Spread a heaping tablespoon of the cream cheese mixture on each square on an angle.
Flip one corner of the puff pastry over filling and press corner down.Then flip the other side over and gently press down on puff pastry to seal.
Transfer prepared quesitos to the baking sheet.
Crack an egg into a bowl and with a spoon remove yolk. Discard.With a fork stir egg white until foamy.

Brush egg white on prepared quesitos.
Bake for about 15-20 minutes or until puffy, flaky and golden brown.

Let quesitos cool a little bit if you like and then dust with powered sugar. Or dust immediately and serve.