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Perro caliente
Perro caliente: Bogotá's loaded hot dog with pineapple sauce, cheese, crushed crisps and quail eggs
Bogotá's hot-dog stands near the universities and in the Zona Rosa take the frankfurter and keep going: melted cheese, a sticky pineapple sauce, salsa rosada, mustard, a mound of crushed potato crisps and, on top, a couple of boiled quail eggs on a toothpick. It's sweet, salty, creamy and crunchy in every bite, and it is very much a hold-it-over-the-napkin snack. Kids are usually the first in line. Adding the crisps too early is the classic mistake; they go soft under the sauces, so they are the very last thing on. Chef's tip: make the quick pineapple sauce while the eggs boil; fresh pineapple cooked down with a little sugar tastes much brighter than bottled.
- Total time
- 25 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 4
Ingredients
For the pineapple sauce
For the hot dogs
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Method
0/6 doneStep 1: Put 7 oz fresh pineapple, 2 tbsp sugar and ¼ cup water in a small pan and simmer over a medium heat for 10 minutes, stirring, until thick and jammy. Leave to cool a little.
10 minStep 2: Lower 8 quail eggs into boiling water and boil for 4 minutes, until the yolks are fully set. Cool in cold water and peel.
6 minStep 3: Simmer 4 frankfurters in water for 5 minutes, until hot right through (160°F).
5 minStep 4: Heat the grill to high. Put a frankfurter in each of 4 hot dog buns, scatter 2 ⅞ oz grated mozzarella over and grill for 2 minutes, until the cheese melts and bubbles.
2 minStep 5: Mix 3 tbsp mayonnaise and 2 tbsp ketchup into pink sauce. Spoon the pineapple sauce, pink sauce and 1 tbsp yellow mustard along each hot dog.
2 minStep 6: Top with 2 ⅛ oz plain potato crisps and two quail eggs on a cocktail stick. Eat straight away.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 520 kcal
- Protein
- 20 g
- Carbs
- 46 g
- Fat
- 28 g
- Fibre
- 2 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does perro caliente take?
- About 25 minutes in total: 10 minutes to prepare and 15 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 4 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- What can I use instead of sugar?
- Caster sugar, same amount.
- What can I use instead of quail eggs?
- 1 tbsp ground flaxseed + 3 tbsp water per egg, left for 5 minutes (baking only; vegan).
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