Venezuelan tequeños are famous all over the world, either because you have a friend from Venezuela or you have passed through a local food place in this country, surely you have heard of them or have been lucky enough to try them.
The fact is that these unique cheese sticks are irresistible and very easy to make. The most complicated thing is to get the right cheese, but if you don’t have the typical cheese you can use any fresh cheese that is a bit salty.
Dare to try traditional recipes from other countries and cook some delicious cheese tequeños, we assure you that they will be the kings of the table.
Ingredients to make Venezuelan Tequeños:
- 300 grams of all-purpose flour
- 30 grams of Egg
- 50 grams of margarine
- 110 milliliters of water
- 15 grams of sugar
- 5 grams of salt
- 1 gram instant yeast
- Salty hard cheese
How to make Venezuelan Tequeños:
To make the dough for fried tequeños, you must mix all the ingredients on the list, except the cheese, and start kneading. Go sprinkling flour on the table whenever you consider it necessary so that the dough does not stick to it. Once all the ingredients are integrated and kneaded, let the dough rest for 40 minutes. After this time, we knead again with the help of a rolling pin, making folds on itself, until we get a 1 mm wide sheet.
If you have doubts about the preparation of this dough, you can review the dough recipe for tequeños with step-by-step photos. In any case, and although this is the original dough for Venezuelan tequeños, tequeños can also be made with puff pastry.
Now that we have the dough ready, we can assemble the cheese tequeños. To do this, cut the cheese into sticks and cut strips with the dough.
The correct procedure for wrapping the cheese is to roll the dough around it, first along the length and then on the sides, in this way we seal the cheese well so that it does not release liquids during cooking. When frying the tequeños, the oil must be very hot, during cooking you can lower the flame a little to control the temperature and let the tequeños brown evenly and the cheese inside melt a little.
When you take them out, place them on a plate with absorbent napkins to remove excess oil. Venezuelan tequeños are eaten fresh and can be accompanied with any kind of sauces, from a simple homemade mayonnaise or a pink sauce, to a sweet and sour sauce. To enjoy!
