Recipe - Mamena

372 g Cornstarch (1 medium size
box)
125 g Margarine
4 Egg yolks
125 g Confectioners sugar

FILLING (MANJARBLANCO
1 cn Sweetened condensed milk

You may be surprised to know that a Peruvian (me) is in the list.

I do not know of any peruvian wedding cake with the description you gave,
but there is similiar thing here called "alfajores".

Although I don´t have a typed recipe and my cooking english is not so good,
will translate some different recipes of alfajores and send them to the
list a.s.a.p.

Mix margarine with confectioners sugar in the mixer. Add egg yolks and then
the cornstarch mixing "just a little more". Put the mix in a table and then
continue manually (not in mixer) until you get a smooth dough. If too dry
you can add some litte milk. Now roll the dough to a medium thickness (not
too thin). Then use a round cutter to cut out the "cookies". Arrange them
not too close together on the baking sheet (do NOT grease the sheet).

Filling: (MANJARBLANCO): Peel the wrap of the can. In a pot, put enough
water to cover the can and boil for 1.5 hours, checking constantly for
water not to evaporate completely. If so, add water from time to time.
After that time take the can out and WHEN IT IS COLD open it. THAT´S IT.

Fill the "cookies" with the manjarblanco. After that sprinkle some more
confectioners sugar over them (optional).

Posted to EATL Digest by Maria Elena Ruiz mamena@MAIL.COSAPIDATA.COM.PE
on Sep 8, 1997