Cactuses are an important part of the landscapes of this region. They give the delicious sweetness of the tuna syrup in contrast with the marked flavor of the goat cheese cake.
for 6 persons
| 180 g. | SHORTBREAD MASS |
| 200 g. | FLOUR 0000 |
| 100 g. | BUTTER |
| 1 unit | EGG |
| 1 teaspoon | SALT |
Tuna Syrup
| 400 cc. | WATER |
| 2 kg. | TUNA |
| 300 g. | SUGAR |
Cake’s filling
| 200 g. | GOAT CHEESE |
| 2 units | EGGS |
| 50 cc. | HEAVY CREAM |
Dough
Put in a bowl butter, egg and a pinch of salt. Mix adding the flour. When you a get a fine mass add 2 spoonfuls of cold water and keep working. If it is dry you can add more water. Once it is well kneaded, place it in the refrigerator to cool down before stretching. To stretch, powder with flour and with the aid of a rolling pin. Stretch the mass from inside to outside till getting the thickness you want. Roll in the pin and the place in a cake tin previously floured. Butter with the help of a fork, prick to avoid globes in baking. Brush the dough with an egg yolk and bake it from 5 to 8 minutes in an oven at 180°C.
Cake’s filling
Grate cheese and mix with eggs and cream. Then pour the filling in the baking tin and bake 15 minutes at 200°C.
Tuna syrup
Peel tunas, cut into pieces and put them in a pot together with water and sugar. Cook stirring with a spoon till tunas are smashed. Sieve it and take again the liquid till it turns to a dark, dense color. Once the cake is baked, let it cool down at room temperature over a metallic grid and finally add the tuna syrup before eating.
Syrup is a cooked fruit juice, very thick, similar to honey. As its name says, it is prepared with different vegetables, as sugar cane or tuna, the fruit of a typical cactus of the area. This syrup is consumed in different ways, but one of the more traditional is over goat cottage cheese (quesillo).
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