Easy Vegetarian Aztec Cake

Prepare this delicious Aztec cake with vegetables and corn sauce, very simple and yielding. Ideal for treating yourself in your weekly menu.
Ingredients
6
Servings
  • 1 cup requesón, for the sauce
  • 1/2 cups sour cream, for the sauce
  • 1 clove garlic, for the sauce
  • 1 1/2 cups yellow corn, canned, drained for the sauce
  • 1 cup milk, for the sauce
  • 1 cup vegetable broth, for the sauce
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch, for the sauce
  • salt, for the sauce
  • pepper, for the sauce
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, for the filling
  • 1/4 cups onion, finely chopped, for the filling
  • 1 cup pumpkin, sliced, for the filling
  • 1 cup Poblano chile strips, for the filling
  • 1/2 cups yellow corn, canned, drained
  • 2 tablespoons parsley, dry, finely chopped
  • vegetable oil, for frying the tortilla
  • 16 tortillas, corn
  • 1 cup panela cheese, in cubes
  • 1 cup Manchego cheese, sliced
  • parsley, finely chopped, for garnish
Preparation
40 mins
25 mins
Low
  • Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
  • For the sauce, blend the ricotta cheese with sour cream, garlic, yellow corn, milk, vegetable broth, and cornstarch until fully integrated. Cook the sauce in a hot pot, season with salt and pepper until the consistency becomes semi-thick. Keep warm.
  • For the filling, in a skillet with vegetable oil, sauté the onion until its color changes slightly. Add the zucchini, strips, corn, salt, pepper, and parsley, cook for 3 minutes, stirring continuously. Set aside.
  • Fry the tortillas in enough hot vegetable oil for 3 seconds on each side. Drain on paper towels and set aside until use.
  • Assemble the Aztec cake. In a baking dish, place a layer of fried corn tortilla, pour the corn sauce, the vegetable filling, and the panela cheese; repeat and on the last layer, just place tortilla and sauce.
  • Cover the assembled cake with sliced Manchego cheese, add parsley to taste, and bake for 15 minutes at 180 °C, or until the cheese is melted. Serve hot.

Nutritional Information

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