Causa Limeña

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1. 1Step 1: Add potatoes to a large pot and bring to a boil. Cook until fork tender, about 15-20 minutes.
2. 2Step 2: Add the cooked potatoes to a large bowl and fill with cold water to cool them down and stop the cooking process. Once cool, score around the circumference of each potato and pull the skin off.
3. 3Step 3: Run the potatoes through a potato ricer or, if you don't have one, a mesh sieve to get them completely smooth.
4. 4Step 4: Stir the mashed potatoes together with aji amarillo, lime juice, olive oil and salt until combined thoroughly.
5. 5Step 5: In a small bowl, stir together the tuna, red onion and mayo.
6. 6Step 6: Using a 3.5" ring mold, or a similar sized round container, form 1/4 of the potato mixture into a circle and press it into the bottom of the ring mold/container until flat. Add 1/2 the tuna filling and press down. Top with 1/4 of a sliced avocado. Form another 1/4 of the potato mixture into a circle and press it onto the avocado to form the top of the causa.
7. 7Step 7: Carefully slide off the ring mold or container to reveal your causa layers.
8. 8Step 8: Repeat the last two steps to form the second causa.
9. 9Step 9: Top each causa with a drizzle of mayo, chopped cilantro, a couple quarters of hard-boiled egg and olives.