Causa Rellena

Name: Causa Rellena
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 6 people
Ingredients: 3 lb potatoes; 2 tablespoons aji amarillo paste; 3 limes; 1 clove garlic; 1 tablespoon mayonnaise; salt; pepper; 10 oz. canned tuna; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 2 tablespoons mayonnaise; 1 scallion; 10 cilantro leaves; 2 avocados; 3 tablespoons cooked peas; 1 cooked carrot; 2 hard-boiled eggs; A few black olives; 1 small red hot pepper; food processor

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Prep Time
1 hr
Cook Time
mins
Total Time
1 hr 30 mins
Servings
6 people
Calories
441 kcal
Course
Appetizer
Cuisine
South American, Peruvian

Causa Rellena

Jennifer Becker

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Causa rellena is an iconic recipe from Peru that combines lemony and spiced mashed potatoes with tuna or chicken or seafood and avocado.

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Ingredients

Servings

For the mashed potatoes

3 lb potatoes (yellow flesh)
2 tablespoons aji amarillo paste (or alternatively, 1 large orange or yellow hot pepper)
3 limes , squeezed
1 clove garlic , crushed
1 tablespoon mayonnaise
salt
pepper

For the filling

10 oz. canned tuna
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 tablespoons mayonnaise (or more to taste)
1 scallion , finely chopped
10 cilantro leaves , chopped
2 avocados (ripe), peeled and cut into thin strips
3 tablespoons cooked peas
1 cooked carrot , diced

For the decoration

2 hard-boiled eggs
A few black olives
1 small red hot pepper

Equipment

food processor

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Instructions

If you do not have aji amarillo paste, you must first seed the fresh pepper, blanch it for 2 minutes in boiling water and drain before pureeing it in the blender.
Peel the potatoes and boil them in salted water for 20 minutes. They should be cooked but still remain firm.
Mash the potatoes with a potato ricer, then mash them by hand for about 10 minutes while gradually incorporating the lime juice, oil, aji pepper paste, garlic and mayonnaise.
Add salt and pepper. Let cool.
Mash the tuna with a fork and mix by incorporating olive oil, scallion, mayonnaise and chopped cilantro leaves.
Use a cookie cutter circle and add the first layer of mashed potatoes. Place a layer of tuna filling, then another layer of mashed potatoes, then the thinly sliced avocados or mixing of peas and carrots, and end with a last layer of the potato mixture. (Or vice versa, starting first by the avocado or the peas / carrots and then tuna)
Decorate the top with boiled eggs and black olives or little red pepper.
Serve cold.