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Tequenos

Venezuelan cheese sticks wrapped in dough. Party food.

35 minServes 8

Tequenos

Ingredients

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  • 12 ozqueso blanco or queso fresco, in sticks
  • 2 cupsall-purpose flour
  • 4 Tbspbutter, softened
  • 1egg
  • ½ tspsalt
  • ⅓ cupwater
  • 3 cupsGoya vegetable oil, for frying

How to make it

  1. 1

    Cut the cheese into sticks about 3 inches long and ½ inch thick. Mix flour, salt, butter, egg, and water into a soft dough. Rest 10 minutes.

  2. 2

    Roll the dough thin. Cut strips 1 inch wide. Wrap each cheese stick in a strip, overlapping so no cheese shows. Pinch the ends shut.

  3. 3

    Heat oil to 350°. Fry in batches 3–4 minutes until gold. Drain. Serve hot — the cheese should pull.