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Mexican bread pudding

Capirotada

Desserts

Capirotada is a traditional Mexican dessert, a fruit and walnut cake flavored with piloncillo (a type of unrefined cane sugar) and cinnamon.

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Recipe from Banck, Ricky90, Rrmsjp (Wikibooks), adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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Capirotada is a traditional Mexican dessert that can be served to a group of people. The preparation takes some time, but the recipe is relatively simple. Difficulty: medium.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time1 hr
  • Cook time30 min
  • Resting15 min
  • Total1 hr 45 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$7.75 $0.97 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.

Ingredients

8 people
  • $1.12
  • $3.30
  • $0.38
  • $0.51
  • $0.35
  • $0.73
  • $0.54
  • $0.74
  • $0.08

Prices from US supermarkets for 8 of 9 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Cut the bread slices into approximately 1 cm thick pieces, then lightly toast and butter them.
  2. Place the tortillas at the bottom and on the sides of the container to prevent them from directly cooking on the dough. ≈ 3 min
  3. Bring the piloncillo to a boil with 2 to 2.5 cups of water, a few cinnamon sticks, a strip of orange zest, and a pinch of salt to make a syrup.
  4. Arrange the bread slices in layers, with some space between them, and top with walnuts, cherries, grapes, peanuts, and slices of pork. ≈ 3 min
  5. Spread the dry ricotta cheese and some orange zest over the final layer, then drizzle with honey. ≈ 3 min
  6. Bake at a low temperature for about 30 minutes, leaving the dessert uncovered so that the crust can rise. Reserve some honey to add after baking if needed.
  7. Allow to cool to room temperature and do not cover completely.

The bill

Capirotada

  • 5 tortillas made the day before$1.12
  • 150 g of walnuts$3.30
  • 50 g of grapes$0.38
  • 100 g of peanuts$0.51
  • 1 fresh apple, cut into pieces without the skin$0.35
  • 100 g of dry ricotta cheese$0.73
  • 1 orange to exfoliate the skin$0.54
  • butter$0.74
  • salt$0.08

Total$7.75

that's $0.97 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 4 bolillo bread slices
  • 5 tortillas made the day before
  • 150 g of walnuts
  • 50 g of grapes
  • 100 g of peanuts
  • 100 g of pig ears
  • 1 fresh apple, cut into pieces without the skin
  • 100 g of dry ricotta cheese
  • 1 orange to exfoliate the skin
  • 3 pieces of piloncillo
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • butter
  • salt

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