Authentic home cooking from Mexico, with US measurements.

Originally published on Cookpad Mexico as Capirotada mexicana

Mexican Capirotada

Name: Mexican Capirotada
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: Serves 8 servings
Ingredients: 4 pieces French rolls or bolillos; 5 day-old corn tortillas; 1 cup walnuts (about 150 grams); 1/3 cup prunes (about 50 grams); 2/3 cup raisins (about 100 grams); 1 1/3 cups peanuts (about 200 grams); 2/3 cup dried fruit (about 100 grams); 1 fresh apple, peeled and chopped; 1 plantain, sliced; 3 1/2 ounces cotija cheese, crumbled (about 100 grams); Zest of 1 orange; 3 cones piloncillo (Mexican brown sugar); A few cinnamon sticks; Butter, to taste; Salt, to taste

Maggie @maggie_cookbook1017

Playas de Rosarito

Capirotada is a very popular dessert during Lent in Mexico. It's made with slices of toasted bread, pieces of banana, walnuts, raisins, peanuts, and guava... it also includes candied cactus and shredded coconut, all soaked in a piloncillo syrup. It's served with cotija cheese.

Video: http://www.mis-recetas.org/video/show/1142-viseo-capirotada

Maggie @maggie_cookbook1017

Playas de Rosarito

Video: http://www.mis-recetas.org/video/show/1142-viseo-capirotada

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Ingredients

30 minutes

Serves 8 servings

4 piecesFrench rolls or bolillos
5day-old corn tortillas
1 cupwalnuts (about 150 grams)
1/3 cupprunes (about 50 grams)
2/3 cupraisins (about 100 grams)
1 1/3 cupspeanuts (about 200 grams)
2/3 cupdried fruit (about 100 grams)
1fresh apple, peeled and chopped
1plantain, sliced
3 1/2 ouncescotija cheese, crumbled (about 100 grams)
Zest of 1 orange
3cones piloncillo (Mexican brown sugar)
A fewcinnamon sticks
Butter, to taste
Salt, to taste

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Cut the bread into slices a little over 1 inch thick, toast them lightly, and spread with butter.
2

Line the bottom and sides of the baking dish with the tortillas to keep the bread from cooking directly on the dish.
3

Make a syrup by boiling the piloncillo in 8 cups of water (about 2 liters) with a few cinnamon sticks, a strip of orange peel, and a pinch of salt.
4

Arrange the bread slices (slightly apart, as they will expand) in layers, adding walnuts, prunes, raisins, peanuts, and dried fruit between the layers.
5

On the final layer, sprinkle the cotija cheese and some orange zest, then pour the syrup over the layers, letting them soak gradually.
6

Cover and bake at 350°F (180°C) for 20 minutes, then uncover and bake for another 10 minutes. The bread will rise as it absorbs the syrup.

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Maggie @maggie_cookbook1017

Published in the US on August 05, 2025 14:01

Playas de Rosarito

Mejor conocida como tia Maggie.Mi mayor alegría es ver a mi familia en la mesa, probando una nueva delicia y lo digo asi por que para mi hacer una receta con amor es una delicia, mis recetas son sencillas y familiares tengo un poco de todo, donde eh vivido, espero que lo disfruten y muchas gracias por tomarse la molestia de ver mis recetas.http://recetasdemejjicanna.blogspot.mx/?m=1

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Raisin Peanut Corn Tortilla Prune Butter Walnut Cheese Plantain Orange Apple

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