Chuañe
Discover this delicious Chilean specialty, a traditional dish served cold with honey.
This dish serves 8 and takes about 1 hour to prepare.
Ingredients and directions
- Prep time30 min
- Cook time1 hr
- Total1 hr 30 min
- DifficultyMedium
- CostBudget
- Cooking methodoven, stovetop
- Estimated cost$2.81 $0.35 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
Ingredients
servings
- $0.90
- $0.66
- $0.28
- $0.97
Prices from US supermarkets for 2 of 4 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.
Directions
- Peel the potatoes and grate them into a bowl. ≈ 8 min
- Add the flour and sugar, then mix until you have a smooth dough. ≈ 4 min
- Divide the dough into two portions, and place each portion in a cabbage leaf or a large kale leaf. Then tie the leaves up to form a bag. ≈ 3 min
- Boil in a saucepan of water for 30 minutes. Another method is to bake in heated sand, which takes about 1 hour; cooked in a curanto, it will be ready at the same time as the other ingredients, in about 2 hours.
- Cut each cabbage piece into four, and serve it cold, with honey or jam. ≈ 8 min
The bill
Chuañe
- 500 g Pilcahue potatoes$0.90
- 500 g flour$0.66
- 1 cup sugar$0.28
- honey or jam$0.97
Total$2.81
that's $0.35 per person
Estimated price; varies by store.
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