Posted in Desserts & Bakery, Fruits, Milk on Apr 15th, 2008
The lucuma sigh is a variation of suspiro a la limeña, or Lima-style sigh. The preparation is also similar, but the main change is -obviously- the use of lucuma. Remember the lucuma? we talked about it when we saw the lucuma bavarois recipe: as we said, maybe it’s hard for you to find fresh lucuma, [...]
Posted in Desserts & Bakery, Milk on Apr 11th, 2008
Ah, l’amour… the suspiro a la limeña is a traditional creole dessert made of milk, named in this way by Jose Gálvez, a popular poet, for her wife Amparo Ayarez.
- Mr. Gálvez, what inspired you that name?
- Well… it is soft and sweet, like the sigh of a woman.
(A woman from Lima, a Limeña, of [...]
Posted in Liquors & Drinks, Milk on Mar 27th, 2008
If you like the sweet drinks, you’ll be in paradise with this cold cocktail. It contains algarrobina, pisco and condensed milk. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t like it; you will cause an excellent impression in a meeting or party if you serve this cocktail. Just like any other sweet liquor, you must be careful… [...]
Posted in Desserts & Bakery, Milk on Mar 19th, 2008
The alfajor (pl. alfajores) consist on two or more layers of baked pastry, in this case filled with manjarblanco, a caramel-colored, sweet cream made with milk and sugar (well, see the link). There is a lot of varieties, the recipe is not complicated and if you like the sweet desserts, you’ll be in heaven with [...]
Posted in Desserts & Bakery, Milk, Special ingredients on Mar 4th, 2008
The manjarblanco (or manjar blanco -separated-, literally “white delicacy”) is a sweet, white spread or pastry filling made with milk. It’s used to prepare a lot of desserts (the churros, for example), but if you like, you can eat it on its own. There are two ways to prepare the manjarblanco, choice the one that [...]
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