Tequeño
Sign in to saveTequeño is a fried spear of wheat dough stuffed with semi-hard queso blanco (white cheese), and is a popular meal or snack in Venezuela. To prepare it, the dough is wrapped around a cheesestick, formed into a breadstick and then fried or sometimes oven-baked. Tequeños can be eaten for breakfast, as an appetizer, or as a snack at parties and weddings. 21 October is the International Tequeño Day, and it was declared a cultural heritage of Venezuela on 20 April 2023.
Key facts
- Prepared food.name
- Tequeño
- Prepared food.image
- Tequeños vénézuéliens à Arepado (Lyon), avril 2019 (2).jpg
- Prepared food.country
- Venezuela
- Prepared food.region
- Los Teques
- Prepared food.course
- Snack
- Prepared food.type
- Bread
- Prepared food.main_ingredient
- Bread dough, masa de harina de trigo, queso blanco
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Tequeño is a fried spear of wheat dough stuffed with semi-hard queso blanco (white cheese), and is a popular meal or snack in Venezuela. To prepare it, the dough is wrapped around a cheesestick, formed into a breadstick and then fried or sometimes oven-baked. Tequeños can be eaten for breakfast, as an appetizer, or as a snack at parties and weddings. 21 October is the International Tequeño Day, and it was declared a cultural heritage of Venezuela on 20 April 2023.
Due to the influx of Venezuelan immigrants into their countries over the past few years, it has become increasingly popular in Spain and Argentina, among other countries.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tequeño” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.