This recipe is from a region called Ayacucho, in the south of Peru. It was almost unkwown some weeks ago until Magaly Solier, the actress from La Teta Asustada (Golden Bear in Berlin Film Festival), talked about it: the film director, Claudia Llosa, met her when she was selling Puka to get money for traveling to Cuzco. Enough! follow the recipe and you’ll get spicy puka for 10 people.
We’ve seen before the versatile Lima beans, first in a soup and later in a purée. Now you’ll have in a delicious salad, mixed with scallops. This is an old recipe; our grannies also prepared this salad changing the scallops for a homemade ham, getting another tasty entrée. This recipe is for 4 people.
There’s a lot of recipes for potato pies, but anything like this. The Lima potato pie is an old recipe made with yellow potatoes, red wine, black olives, almonds and other ingredients that make it very special. You’ll love it! This recipe is for 4 people.
This recipe gives you an easy way to surprise your family and friends. It’s easy but elegant; the recipe is old but tasty and you’ll get fun preparing it. You’ll have to stuff the potatoes, just like the potatoes stuffed with cheese and chili/pepper recipe but this time they’ll get enveloped with beaten egg. Sounds good? try this recipe for 4 people.
Yes, the name is similar, but this recipe is totatlly different to the stuffed potatoes recipe: you wont have to knead the press potatoes, but make them a hole to fill it with a delicious stuffing. This is a traditional but very simple recipe, enough for 6 people. Enjoy it.
There’s a traditional way to prepare causa, and we have already seen it. But we also need time for our work schedules, meetings, family and friends. If we can’t find a moment to prepare it in the old way, we can do it in a modern way: using instant mashed potatoes. Follow this recipe and you’ll get Tuna Causa for 4 people.
The sweet potato is, in an unmerited way, not so popular as the potato – well, it’s easier to combine the potato with a bigger number of dishes, but if we want to prepare a dessert, we’ll have here a great allied. This dish is very easy to prepare and its ingredients are well known. Surprise your family with this recipe for 6 people.
It’s curious: in the land where the potato was born, we have been prefering the rice as the main accompaniment. Well, things are changing due the rise of the rice price (rhyme!) and the peruvian government has begun a campaign to promote the consume of potatos (“Papea Perú”) in the International Year of the Potato. Oh, the recipe! you’ll enjoy this fabulous dish for 4 people.
Yes, the origin of the gnocchis is Italy. But, as we commented before, the mix of cultures is an important basis for the peruvian cuisine richness (and the italian people that one day arrived to Peru has a long history here!). You won’t need anymore to buy the gnocchis in a store; do it yourself with this easy recipe for 5-6 people.
Did you like the papa a la huancaina (Huancayo-style potatoes)? you must try the ocopa. It has a different sauce, but equally delicious. This version (one of the best, I think) comes from Arequipa, a region located in the south of Peru. The yellow chili/pepper, peanuts, fresh cheese and black mint give it an unforgettable taste. This recipe is for 6 people.
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