Atienza quesada
Traditional dessert with fresh cheese, eggs and honey. Atienza quesada is sweet, simple and keeps well covered.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 40 min
- Yield
- 8 servings
- Difficulty
- Easy
Ingredients
What you need
- 500 g fresh Burgos-style cheese
- 4 eggs
- 150 g sugar
- 100 g honey
- 100 g flour
- 200 ml whole milk
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Butter to grease the mould
Preparation
Step by step
- 01
Preheat oven to 180 °C. Grease a rectangular mould with butter.
- 02
Blend the fresh cheese with the milk until smooth.
- 03
Beat the eggs with sugar and honey until pale.
- 04
Add the blended cheese, lemon zest and cinnamon. Mix well.
- 05
Fold in sifted flour gradually to avoid lumps.
- 06
Pour into the mould and bake 40 minutes at 180 °C, until the surface is golden and a skewer comes out clean.
- 07
Cool before unmoulding. Serve at room temperature, optionally with a drizzle of extra honey.
Recipe tips
- The fresher the cheese, the creamier the result.
- Keeps 3-4 days in the fridge well covered.
More from the recipe book
Other traditional recipes
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- MeatsWood-fired roast lambThe star dish of Atienza mountain cuisine: milk-fed lamb roasted whole, with lard, garlic and white wine. Traditional recipe for the home oven.
- SweetsTraditional Easter torrijasThe undisputed sweet of Atienza Easter: bread slices soaked in milk infused with cinnamon and lemon, coated in egg and fried in hot oil.
Taste it in Atienza
The village restaurants serve the traditional recipe book all year round.