Llapingachos from Ecuador
As usual, we once again find ourselves behind on pancake blogging. Darn life! You always get in the way! We still find ourselves trying to get our photos up, posted and shared from our trip to Ecuador in August. Hopefully we'll get everything caught up soon. Anyway, after visiting Dominican Republic we finally made it to the Es, and we found ourselves visiting Ecuador in our kitchen this time. The pancake of Ecuadorian choice is llapingachos, or cheesy potato pancakes. While we were actually in Ecuador, we did eat llapingachos, which was good because it gave us an idea of what they were supposed to look, smell, and taste like. We decided to make the pancakes along with a tomato onion curtido to top it off. I have to thank Layla for our recipes this week. She has some yummy looking recipes on her blog , so check it out if you have a chance. So here is what you will need to make llapingachos: 3 lbs. of russet potatoes 2 tablespoons of oil 1/...