Posted in Desserts & Bakery, Milk on Jul 23rd, 2008
A teja is a candy filled with manjarblanco and coated with a fondant-like shell. When this shell is made with chocolate, the candy is called chocoteja. We’ll see the tejas recipe later; for now, it’s better to know how the chocotejas are made. It’s not complicated! if you or your kids love the sweet things, [...]
Posted in Desserts & Bakery, Rice on Jul 22nd, 2008
The rice is very important in Peru… not only in our main courses, but in desserts too (did you already prepare the arroz con leche (pudding rice? it’s not the same than this, and if you didn’t, you must try it). This pudding contains apricots, eggs, grated lime rind and, of course, rice and vanilla. [...]
Posted in Desserts & Bakery, Milk on Jul 10th, 2008
Despite of its name, it isn’t cheese; this dessert is rather as an ice cream, but with more advantages: it’s more natural, fresh, without any chemicals and healthy. You’ll find it easily in Arequipa, a city in the south of Peru. It’s not complicated! this recipe is for 10 people (in theory… if you try [...]
Posted in Desserts & Bakery, Milk on Jul 7th, 2008
This is one of the most delicious peruvian desserts. And the best of all: is very simple. With only a little of evaporated and condensed milk, eggs, vanilla and sugar, you’ll have a tasty dessert - and, if the weather in your region is hot, you’ll love it even more.
Posted in Desserts & Bakery, Milk, Vegetables & Legumes on Jul 4th, 2008
If you have come to Peru and have tried the manjarblanco alfajores (or if you prepared it), you’ll know how tasty it is. Well, for this weekend we have a variation: the sweet potato alfajores. It hasn’t manjarblanco, but a delicious stuffing made with sweet potato, egg yolks and sweet wine. Don’t lose it, it’s [...]
Posted in Desserts & Bakery on May 23rd, 2008
Josefa Marmanillo, best known as Doña Peña, was a black slave in Cañete Valley (Ica, south of Lima). She was liberated due to a paralysis in her arms, and as she couldn’t work, she traveled to Lima and went to the Señor de los Milagros procession to ask him a cure. After she had received [...]
Posted in Desserts & Bakery, Vegetables & Legumes on May 21st, 2008
The frijol colado is a very popular peruvian dessert originary from Chincha, one of the main cities in Ica, a region in the south of Lima - do you remember the carapulcra and the sopa seca? yes, all comes from the same place. You and your kids will enjoy this delicious recipe for 6 people.
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 Desserts & Bakery, Vegetables & Legumes on Apr 10th, 2008
This is a dessert with a legume as a main ingredient; the frijol colado is a traditional dish served specially in Holy Week that you can find in a lot of peruvian coast restaurants. It’s simple to cook and your kids (and you, if you’re fanatic of the sweet desserts) will find it tasty. This [...]
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