Carimañola

A carimañola is a South American meat-pie in a torpedo-shaped yuca fritter, stuffed with cheese, seasoned ground meat or shredded chicken and fried. It is found above all  in cuisine of Colombia and Panama. Panamanians tend to eat it as breakfast or as an appetizer. They are served hot and  can be accompanied by Suero Costeño sauce.

The main ingredient for the pie is cassava. Fresh cassava is boiled, cooled, mashed and mixed with flour or cornmeal, eggs, salt, and butter until a dough consistency. To construct the fritters, a piece of dough is placed in hand, meat and cheese in the center and form in 1 to 2 inch ball then flatten into an oval. They are then deep-fried.