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Tortitas de papa stuffed with rajas and cheese, in poblano sauce

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  • potatoes
Boil the potatoes about 45 minutes, peel them and mash them.
  • 2 tsp chicken bouillon
  • 1½ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp parsley
  • 1½ tsp black pepper
Mix in the chicken bouillon, salt, parsley and black pepper.
  • 1 tsp oregano
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tbsp cornstarch
  • 6 tbsp breadcrumbs
  • 1 cup queso cotija
Add the oregano, onion powder, garlic powder, cornstarch, breadcrumbs and queso cotija and mix.
  • 2 cups spinach
Stir in two cups of chopped spinach and taste for salt.
  • 1 whole egg
Mix in the egg. The mixture is ready when it no longer sticks to the hand; add more breadcrumbs if it does. Cover and set aside.
  • 4 whole chile poblanos
  • 4 whole green chiles
Roast four chile poblanos and four green chiles until completely charred.
Transfer to a covered bowl or a ziplock bag and sweat 10 minutes.
Peel off the skins and remove the stems. Reserve two of the green chiles for the salsa. Seed the poblanos.
Cut the peppers into strips and then into small squares.
Heat about a tablespoon of oil in a pan on medium high, add the onion and half a cup of corn and sauté three minutes.
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 1 whole onion
  • ½ cup corn
  • garlic salt
Add the peppers, season with garlic salt and cook two minutes.
  • queso Oaxaca
Wet the hands, take about half a cup of the potato mixture, roll and flatten it, fill with shredded queso Oaxaca, the rajas and more cheese, close it and flatten again. Set on parchment paper.
  • oil
Fry in preheated oil on medium about four minutes a side until golden on both sides, then drain.
  • 2 whole green chiles
  • spinach
  • 1 whole chile serrano
  • cilantro
  • 2 oz cream cheese
  • onion
  • 1 chicken bouillon
  • 1 cloves garlic clove
  • salt
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • milk
  • ¼ cup crema mexicana
Blend the two reserved chiles with a handful of spinach, the serrano, a handful of cilantro, the cream cheese, a piece of onion, chicken bouillon, a garlic clove, salt, half a teaspoon of black pepper, a little milk and a quarter cup of crema mexicana.
Taste the salsa for salt and heat it until it just begins to simmer.
  • queso fresco
Serve the tortitas with the salsa and queso fresco.
Variation: bake instead of frying, allowing considerably longer.
Taste test