{"id":21064,"date":"2022-01-18T03:18:15","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T03:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familiakitchen.com\/?p=21064"},"modified":"2024-03-18T22:28:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T22:28:58","slug":"we-made-bunuelos-in-honor-encanto-and-colombia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familiakitchen.com\/es\/we-made-bunuelos-in-honor-encanto-and-colombia\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a1Hicimos Bu\u00f1uelos de \u201cEncanto\u201d y Colombia!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By making the bu\u00f1uelos in Encanto<\/a><\/em> \u2014 so crispy, cheesy and delicioso! \u2014 for their family, Janeth and Luna Barrera<\/a>, 7, are bringing home their love for the magical movie set in her native Colombia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The very first day the new Disney<\/a> movie opened in Chicago, this mom and daughter made sure they bought tickets to the earliest screening of Encanto<\/em>. (Janeth and Luna saw the animated hit in a movie theater, but they\u2019re now streaming it from home<\/a>\u2014on repeat.) Luna\u2019s favorite character is the young cousin Antonio. His magical gift is communicating with the animal kingdom, and Luna loves all animals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Janeth and Luna were so inspired by Encanto<\/em>, they immediately went into their kitchen and made one of the foods in the movie \u2014 arepas de queso<\/a> \u2014 using Janeth\u2019s own Colombian family recipe<\/a>. This homey, easy-to-make popular dish is cooked by the heroine Maribel\u2019s mother Julieta, who uses arepas to heal her family and the local villagers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Absolutely delicioso, says Luna. “I want to make these every day for every dessert we have.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Janeth taught Luna to make cheese arepas<\/a>, just like Janeth learned to make them from her<\/em> mother when she was growing up in Colombia\u2014and about the same age. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe arepas were so good! I love to cook,\u201d says Luna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Barrero family, including dad Edwin and Luna\u2019s older brother Samuel, who all live in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, feel a special hometown pride watching this celebration of family and culture in Colombia. They try to go back as often as they can to see Luna and Samuel\u2019s grandmother and the rest of Janeth\u2019s large, close family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cheese Arepas, Check! What’s Next? Bu\u00f1uelos, of Course!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Luna liked the cheese arepas so much, she asked to make more Colombian dishes from the movie. What else could they cook to celebrate their family heritage and the magical Encanto<\/em> world?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bu\u00f1uelos, of course!, said Janeth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the movie, Julieta also makes these golden, savory-sweet and totalmente delicioso fried dough with queso. This traditional cheese treat is usually served during the Christmas season with natilla \u2014 a custard-like dessert made with milk, panela (unrefined whole cane sugar), and coconut, enjoyed with a cup of Colombian hot chocolate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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