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Queso relleno is a hollowed-out ball of Edam cheese stuffed with spiced pork picadillo, capers, raisins and olives, served in a white flour sauce called kol and a tomato sauce; in Mexico we have verified places to eat it in Cancún and Mérida.
Queso relleno · Cancún
Queso relleno is a hollowed-out ball of Edam cheese stuffed with spiced pork picadillo, capers, raisins and olives, served in a white flour sauce called kol and a tomato sauce.
Queso relleno is a popular dish of the Yucatán Peninsula. A ball of Edam, the queso de bola sold across the region, is hollowed out and filled with a picadillo of minced meat, usually pork, with capers, raisins, olives, almonds and egg, then served in kol, a white sauce thickened with wheat flour, and a tomato sauce. It is less famous than cochinita pibil or panuchos, but Yucatecans count it among their most popular plates. In Cancún the Infatuation recommends the version at Lonchería El Pocito, served in a thick tomato broth with capers and chile xcatic.
Where to eat in Cancún:
- Lonchería El Pocito
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Queso relleno · Mérida
Queso relleno is a hollowed wheel of Edam cheese stuffed with picadillo (spiced ground pork), wrapped in muslin and steamed until the cheese softens, served with k'ool (white sauce) and tomato sauce.
The dish is the Yucatán's tribute to Caribbean and Dutch trade routes that brought Edam (queso de bola) to the peninsula in the colonial era, married with Spanish-influenced picadillo. It became a celebration dish for Yucatecan weddings and Sunday lunches by the early 20th century. The technique is to hollow out a whole queso de bola, stuff it with a pork-and-raisin picadillo seasoned with capers, olives and chiles dulces, then bake until the cheese melts and forms a soft shell. The picadillo is sauced with kol blanco (béchamel-like) and chiltomate. La Tradición, La Chaya Maya and Restaurante Kinich in Izamal run reference versions.
Where to eat in Mérida:
- Manjar Blanco
- La Tradición
- Los Almendros
- La Chaya Maya
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