Type | Bread |
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Course | Saliva people |
Place of origin | South America |
Region or state | Latin America |
Associated cuisine | Colombia, Ecuador |
Serving temperature | Hot or room temperature |
Main ingredients | Cassava starch, cheese |
Pan de yuca (Spanish for Cassava bread) is a type of bread made of cassava starch and cheese typical of western Ecuador and southern Colombia.
An 1856 watercolor by Manuel María Paz shows cassava bread being prepared by members of the Saliva peopleinCasanare Province.[1]