Tortita, also known as Tortitas de papa, is a golden-brown fritter from Mexican cuisine.[1] A specialty is the tortita de papa (potato fritter). This dish consists in boiled potato dough fried in oil.
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The first written recipes for tortitas can be found in Mexican cookbooks from the 19th century, such as El cocinero mexicano (1831) (anonymous, 1831) or Nuevo y sencillo arte de cocina (de Antonia Carrillo, 1836).[2]
References
edit- ^ "Tortitas de papa, receta sencilla ⋆ Larousse Cocina". Larousse Cocina (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-15.
- ^ El cocinero mexicano (PDF). Vol. I. Imprenta de Galván. 1831. pp. 281–305. Retrieved 2021-08-10.