Buñuelos de Yuca are made from grated or mashed yuca — cassava — combined with egg yolks, sugar, and baking powder, rolled into balls, and deep fried until golden and slightly puffed. They are served submerged in a warm syrup made from panela or brown sugar, water, cinnamon, and cloves, sometimes with lime zest, which […]

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Sopapillas are small squares or triangles of unleavened dough — flour, baking powder, salt, and lard or shortening — dropped into hot oil, where steam converts the moisture in the dough into a pocket of air that inflates the dough from the inside into a hollow, pillow-shaped puff. The exterior fries golden and slightly crisp […]

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