🇧🇴 Bolivian Cuisine

Api con Pasteles

Purple Corn Drink with Cheese Pastries

Prep Time 25 min
Servings 6
Difficulty Medium
Calories 357 kcal

Bolivia's classic breakfast pairing: thick, sweet, spiced purple corn drink served alongside golden fried cheese pastries dusted with powdered sugar.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Make api: boil purple corn with cinnamon and cloves 1 hour. Strain, add sugar, thicken with cornstarch.
  2. 2 Make pastel dough: mix flour, cold butter, egg, and salt into a flaky dough. Rest 20 min.
  3. 3 Roll dough thin. Cut into rectangles. Place cheese in center, fold and seal.
  4. 4 Deep fry pasteles at 175°C until puffed and golden, about 3-4 min.
  5. 5 Dust with powdered sugar while still warm.
  6. 6 Serve pasteles alongside a steaming mug of api.

Did You Know?

Api con pasteles vendors in La Paz start their purple corn boiling at 2 AM to have it ready for the 5 AM breakfast rush.