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Ferreñafana cause

Ferreñafana cause

La cause Ferreñafana or also known as Lambayecana cause It is a typical dish of the department of Lambayeque. This delicious dish was declared a flagship dish of Ferrenafe, a city located in the northwest of Peru. I couldn't stop including it in my regional recipe book for My Peruvian Food. Delight yourself preparing this delicious recipe with us!

Causa Ferreñafana Recipe

This delicious and easy recipe from Ferreñafana cause It is prepared with fish, sweet potato, corn, potato, chopped onions, parboiled banana and lettuce. I invite you to prepare this exquisite recipe together step by step. Let us begin!

Ferreñafana cause

Plateau Home
Cooking Peruvian
Preparation time 15 minutes
Cooking time 35 minutes
Total time 50 minutes
Servings 8 people
Calories 723kcal
Author Teo

Ingredients

  • 2 kg yellow potatoes
  • 3/4 kg dried salted fish
  • 1/2 cup ground yellow chili
  • 1/2 cup oil
  • 1 cup vinegar
  • 1 lemon
  • 3 onions cut into large julienne
  • 1 yellow chili pepper, minced
  • 1 cooked sweet potato
  • 1 cooked banana
  • 2 boiled eggs
  • 2 tablespoons ground chili pepper
  • 1 tablespoon ground garlic
  • 1 teaspoon oregano
  • 1 lettuce
  • Salt, pepper and cumin to taste

Preparation of Causa Ferreñafana

  1. The first thing we will do to prepare this delicious Chiclayan recipe will be to soak the salted fish from the night before. The next day, we will boil the fish in a pot and then shred it into small pieces.
  2. The potatoes will also be parboiled and very carefully we will remove the skin to press it with the potato press or also with our hands. Mix the dough with the lemon juice, chili pepper, salt and pepper. Knead until you get a homogeneous paste without lumps and spread it on a platter.
  3. In a different pot, sauté the oil with the garlic, cumin, oregano, ground chili pepper, salt and pepper. When it has browned at its point, add the chopped onions as for pickling, the chopped yellow pepper, the vinegar and the water. Cover and let it boil until the onions turn a transparent color and check that the juice has dried slightly.
  4. To serve, in a large bowl we will place the fish on the potato dough. Add on top the pickled onions and on top of it the garnish of lettuce leaves, banana, boiled eggs and sweet potatoes.
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