Preparation info
  • 36

    small pandeyucas
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Secrets of Colombian Cooking

By Patricia McCausland-Gallo

Published 2004

  • About

Pandeyucas are airy, hollow balls of yuca or cassava starch, mixed with lots of cheese and baked in a very hot oven to puff up. They are sold in many bakeries, but only a few can make them really well. On the coast, they are sold in a miniature one-inch size, baked so close to one another that they stick together and form strands. Packed into small plastic bags, they are sold by the dozen in the cities. These tiny ones are sold completely baked to a dry and toasted chip-like consiste