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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Caribbean >> Rest Caribbean

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. For the cream cheese sauce: | 2. Combine the half-and-half, cream cheese, sour cream, condensed milk, vanilla extract and salt in a food processor and process until smooth. Refrigerate until ready to use. | 3. For the guava syrup: | 4. Combine the guava paste, cream soda and salt in a saucepan and heat gently, until the guava paste has melted into a syrup. (For an extra-smooth consistency, use a hand blender to puree any unmelted guava solids.) You will need 2 ounces of the guava syrup for the torrejas. Leftover syrup will keep in the refrigerator for at least 3 weeks. | 5. For the cookie sugar: | 6. Pulse the Maria cookies in a food processor until crumbled. Add the brown sugar and salt and pulse to combine. | 7. For the torrejas: | 8. Whisk together the half-and-half, eggs, sugar, vanilla extract and salt in a medium mixing bowl (this can be done the night before), and pour the custard mixture into a pie pan. | 9. Soak the bread in the egg mixture for 30 seconds on each side, then remove to a rack set over a baking sheet to drain for a minute or two. | 10. Over medium-low heat, melt 2 tablespoons of the butter in a medium nonstick skillet. Fry the torrejas, two slices at a time, until golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Melt the remaining 2 tablespoons butter in the skillet before starting the second batch of torrejas. | 11. To serve, place two torrejas on a plate. Drizzle generously with cream cheese sauce, then with guava syrup. Top with a sprinkling of Maria cookie sugar and some powdered sugar. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
half	1/2	cup		-	-	-	-
cream cheese	1	cup		708.0	8.4	17.04	68.64
cream	2	ounces	sour	112.264	2.6252	1.3835	10.9713
milk	2	ounces	condensed	130.4077	3.1411	1.2984	13.517000000000001
vanilla extract	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
salt	1	pinch		-	-	-	-
guava paste	17 1/2	ounces		441.2917	0.0	98.175	2.4792
cream soda	12	ounces		173.4989	45.2458	0.0	0.0
salt	1	pinch		-	-	-	-
maria cooky	2	ounces		441.2917	0.0	98.175	2.4792
brown sugar	1	ounce		107.7281	27.808000000000003	0.034	0.0
salt	1	pinch		-	-	-	-
half	1	cup		-	-	-	-
egg	3			214.5	1.08	18.84	14.265
sugar	2	tablespoons		110.124	27.5448	0.0	0.0
vanilla extract	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
salt	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
cuban bread		slices		441.2917	0.0	98.175	2.4792
butter	4	tablespoons	unsalted	342.0	15.714	10.686	28.8
sugar			powdered	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.