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Causa Limena

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Causa Limena

Peruvian cold potato terrine layered with tuna, avocado and aji amarillo — elegant and vibrant. Mixing the aji amarillo paste into the potato while it's still warm makes it pliable enough to knead into a smooth, workable dough.

Total time
40 min
Prep
40 min
Cook
0 min
Difficulty
medium
Cuisine
Mexican
gluten-free

Ingredients

1kgyellow potatoes, boiled and riced
4 tbspaji amarillo paste
3 tbsplime juice
3 tbspvegetable oil
300gcanned tuna, drained
4 tbspmayonnaise
2avocados, sliced
1 tspsalt
black olives and hard-boiled eggsto garnish

Instructions

1

Mix riced potato with aji amarillo paste, lime juice, oil and salt while still warm.

2

Knead into a smooth, pliable yellow dough.

3

Mix tuna with mayonnaise.

4

Press half the potato mixture into a lined loaf tin or individual rings.

5

Add a layer of avocado slices.

6

Spread tuna mixture over avocado.

7

Press remaining potato over top, refrigerate 2 hours and unmould to serve.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories
314
Protein
1.7g
Fat
32.3g
Carbs
7.4g
Fiber
5.1g
Sodium
577mg

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