Sweet potato boiled, mashed with sugar and fruit essence, then rolled into slim cylinders and wrapped in wax paper. The sweet that built an entire street in Puebla.
The camote is the reason Avenida 6 Oriente is called the Calle de los Dulces. La Gran Fama opened there in the 19th century as the first camote counter in the city and is still trading opposite the ex-convent of Santa Clara, which is where much of the Puebla sweet tradition began. The method is simple and has not changed: sweet potato is cooked down with sugar until it forms a stiff paste, flavoured with fruit essence, coloured, rolled into cylinders and wrapped. Pineapple, strawberry, guava and coconut are the standard flavours, sold by the box.
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