Peruvian Papa Huancaina - Willy's Style

Ingredients

• 10 boiled potatoes, halved
• 4 hard-boiled eggs, quartered
• 1/2 yellow onion, thinly sliced
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1 yellow aji limo chile or yellow pepper
• 1 garlic clove
• 10-12 cream crackers or saltine crackers
• 1/4 cup cooking oil (optional)
• salt and pepper
• 1 cup fresh milk
• 10-15 pitted black olives
• 5 lettuce leaves

Directions

1. 1

   Place boiled eggs, potatoes and onions on a serving dish.

2. 2

   Blend together in a blender the cream cheese, aji or yellow pepper, garlic, crackers, oil, milk, salt and pepper for 5 minutes until you get a thick mixture.

3. 3

   It should be just thick enough to cover the potatoes.

4. 4

   If the cheese sauce is watery, add half a boiled potato to thicken the sauce a little.

5. 5

   Remove from the blender and pour over the potatoes and eggs.

6. 6

   Top with black olives and lettuce for decoration.