Cheese rolls, anyone with a recipe?

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oli

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I useto live near a Cuban bakery called Porto's, and one of their claim to fame deserts is their cheese rolls. I am hoping someone has come close to replicating their recipe. I have moved to Idaho and there are no real pastry or bakery stores here, unless I want to travel an hour to Spokane.

Can you imagine their, Idaho, version of a Napoleon is filled with whipped cream and not pastry cream.

The other question is, do these looked fried or baked?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN8_u4cAP-U

http://www.portosbakery.com/content/cheese-roll-tm-cheese-filled-pastry

http://www.portosbakery.com/content/cheese-roll-tm-cheese-filled-pastry-dozen

 
oli, I've seen cuban cheese rolls made and it's basically

a SHOEBOX SIZE LUMP OF CRISCO (or possibly lard) that is the fat, rather than butter. It was from a bakery in Miami.

The dough is made and rolled out, the FAT is spread over it and then the dough is repeatedly folded and rolled like croissant dough, although not as many times.

I've attached a cop-out version that won't require you buying a shoebox size lump of Crisco, just to tied you over until you find a recipe you like.

Another favorite Cuban pastry uses cream cheese with guava paste. I can send you a block if you want to play around. (and yes, that is the term...it's a big old block of sugary solid guava paste.)

http://kraftibakes.blogspot.com/2011/09/easy-cheese-rolls-portos-bakery.html

 
Wow, that's awfully nice of you to offer to send a block to me, so let me know and I will give my

address. I've visited that website you posted.

 
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