Quesito

For other uses, see Quesito (disambiguation).

Quesito

Quesitos
Type	Pastry
Place of origin	Puerto Rico
Main ingredients	Puff pastry, cream cheese, vanilla, eggs, and sugar

Quesito is a cream cheese-filled pastry twist from Puerto Rico.

Description

One of the most popular pastries of Puerto Rico. The cream cheese is usually whipped with vanilla, eggs, and sugar. It can also be whipped with red bean paste, grated coconut, guava jam, dulce de lechosa (spiced papaya jam), and other fruit preserves. The mixture is stuffed into a dough that resembles puff pastry, coated in a sugary caramelized syrup, and baked. Quesitos are sold at bakeries and "bomboneras" (literally "chocolate box" or "candy box", a word also used to refer to sweet shops selling this type of item).

See also

• Doughnut
• Fried dough
• List of pastries
• List of stuffed dishes
• Mozzarella sticks
• Puerto Rican cuisine

External links

• Guava and Cheese Quesitos recipe