Tequenos

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 kg flour
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 kg cheese (farmer's cheese tends to work, also)

Recipe

• 1 combine the flour, oil, egg, salt and sugar in a bowl.
• 2 while kneading, add a tablespoon or two of water.
• 3 at first it just makes a mess, but as you knead it it starts to take shape.
• 4 keep kneading until it does not stick to your hands.
• 5 if you need to, take the dough out of the bowl and knead it on a floured cupboard, adding flour until the dough does not stick to your hands.
• 6 let the dough rest for 1-2 hours .
• 7 while the dough is resting, cut the cheese into strips into a finger-like shape.
• 8 they should be maybe 1/2" by 1/2" by 3".
• 9 don't make the"fingers" too long, or they will be more difficult to use later.
• 10 after the dough has rested, shape it into balls slightly larger than your fist.
• 11 roll them out until they are 1/4-0.125 inch thick.
• 12 cut the rolled-out dough into long strips that are 3/4" wide.
• 13 wrap the cheese"fingers" with the dough strips.
• 14 make sure you cover all the cheese and seal the dough, because otherwise the cheese will leak out of the dough when you are frying it.
• 15 after you have wrapped the cheese in dough, dust the uncooked"tequeños" with flour and fry them in oil.
• 16 these are (obviously) fattening, but they are delicious!