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Queso Relleno Yucateco (Mexican Stuffed Cheese)

Posted on Dec 15th, 2021
by Chef's Pencil Staff
Categories:
  • Christmas
  • Pork Recipes
Queso-Relleno-Yucateco

This is a very delicious Mexican Christmas dish. The cheese with which it’s prepared, known as queso de bola, is a Dutch Edam cheese. It is filled with spicy ground pork and vegetables, bathed in a delicious sauce, and garnished with green olives.

It’s one of the more complex dishes of the Mexican cuisine, requiring a bit of patience and love for the craft of cooking, but the results speak for themselves.

Try out the recipe below and surprise your loved ones at your next dinner party. Serve with spicy tomato sauce.

Queso-Relleno-Yucateco

Queso Relleno Yucateco (Mexican Stuffed Cheese)

Chef’s Pencil Staff
Queso Relleno Yucateco is prepared with queso de bola (Dutch chesse), stuffed with ground beef and pork with almonds, raisins, sweet chili, and spices.
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Prep Time 30 minutes mins
Cook Time 1 hour hr 30 minutes mins
Total Time 2 hours hrs
Course Christmas dish, Main Course
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 6 servings

Ingredients
 
 

  • 2 kg Edam cheese
  • 1 kg ground pork
  • cooking oil

For the filling:

  • 1 onion chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves minced
  • 4 tbsp butter
  • 1 bell pepper deseeded and chopped
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 1/4 cup vinegar
  • 50 gr olives
  • 50 gr raisins
  • 3 tbsp capers
  • 400 gr concasse tomatoes
  • 3 boiled eggs
  • 1/2 tsp oregano
  • 1/4 tsp ground cloves
  • 2 ½ cups water

Instructions
 

Preparing the cheese:

  • About a day in advance, cut off the top of the cheese ball and keep it as a lid. Scoop out some of the cheese, leaving the walls even.
  • Remove the wax from the outside of the Edam ball with a knife and store for the next day.

For the filling:

  • In a frying pan melt the butter and fry the onion and garlic until translucent.
  • Add in the bell pepper and meat, and cook until the pepper softens and meat begins to brown, making sure to break any meat lumps with the back of a spoon so it cooks evenly.
  • Add in the water, vinegar, tomato concasse and spices, combining everything evenly. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
  • After simmering for about 15 minutes, strain the liquid from the pan and reserve.
  • Return the meat to the stove and add the raisins, capers, olives and mix well with the rest of the ingredients.
  • Season the meat well with salt and pepper, then pour in the vinegar, tomato concasse and the water and bring to a simmer for about 20 minutes.
  • Slice open the hardboiled eggs carefully. Chop the egg whites and throw them in with the filling. Save the yolks.

Enjoy!

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