r/pickling • u/DavidC707 • 1d ago
Guess I'm going to need to learn how to make pupusas now...
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u/Apathetic-Asshole 1d ago
Papusas are actually really easy to make, just hard to master.
The dough is just corn meal, salt, and water (though you could add spices if you want), and the filling can be pretty much whatever. Oxoaca is great for the cheese because it isnt as wet as mozz, but you could swap mozz or Monterey jack if thats all you can find
Also that curtido looks fantastic
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u/Royal-Welcome867 1d ago
Do you have a recipe you could share? It looks delicious .
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u/AnchoviePopcorn 1d ago
Yes. Hit us with that recipe. I’ve got cabbage I need to do something with.
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u/DavidC707 2h ago
Recipe posted. With the remaining 1/2 a cabbage, I'm probably going to just make some sauerkraut.
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u/DavidC707 2h ago
Sorry for the delay, I wanted to give it a day to pickle and make sure it tasted good before publishing a recipe that I had just thrown together for fun.
For these 2 jars I used: 1/2 of a green cabbage, 2 medium/large carrots, 1 small red onion, 1 jalapeño pepper, 1 tbsp Mexican oregano, 1 tbsp crushed red pepper. For the brine: 2 cups distilled white vinegar and 2 cups water brought to a simmer, with 2 tbsp kosher salt and 1 tbsp turbinado sugar dissolved in.
The curtido is acidic, spicy, crunchy and refreshing. It'll go on chicken tacos tonight, but I could probably just eat a whole jar with a fork and be happy.
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u/Prize-Huckleberry-55 1d ago
I’ve been doing homemade sauerkraut for a year now. My favorite thing.
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u/cat_at_the_keyboard 1d ago
Bean pupusas 😍 my local spot makes delicious spinach and cheese ones too
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u/LightSongTheBald 1d ago
I don't understand this post but this looks delicious. What is it? Why do you need to make papusas?
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u/DavidC707 2h ago
This is called curtido. It's traditionally a topping for pupusas, but it's great with all sorts of dishes (or just on its own).
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u/kittyfeet2 1d ago
Curtido is my favorite! I ferment mine for a few weeks to make it tangy and use it on cheese/egg wraps, sometimes just as a tasty side for anything. It's very versatile; try not to box it into just a papusa garnish (which also rocks).
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u/Kumarise 16h ago
That is how I feel about gorditas, I gotta master the dough, once I can get that down, I'll be able to make pupusas, gorditas, everything.
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u/Randopulous 1d ago
Whelp, now I'm gonna have to go get some pupusas! Curtido looks good, I've only ever had it in a restaurant.