Chocolate Arborio Rice Pudding
Looking to kick your rice pudding up a notch? Chocolate is certainly the way to do it! Chocolate Arborio Rice Pudding Ingredients 1/4 cup of arborio rice 2 cups of water 2 1/4 cups of whole milk 2...
View ArticleCrema de Espinaca // Cream of Spinach Soup
Popeye’s favorite when he visits Peru! Spinach is great to incorporate into your meals and this is a delicious way to do so! PrintCrema de Espinaca // Cream of Spinach Soup Yield: 4 servings...
View ArticleLlactan
So often we search for the reddest, ripest rocotos to make aji sauces and I love that this blended sauce uses the green rocoto pepper. Some may think that the green ones are much more mild, but for...
View ArticleFlan de Quinua // Quinoa Flan
Quinoa is considered one of the “superfoods.” If is it used in dessert, could you consider it a super-duper food? Here is a delicious flan packed with protein and sweet goodness. Quinoa Flan 2 cups...
View ArticleManjar de Garbanzo // Sweet Hummus
Hummus is a delicious Middle Eastern puree of garbanzo beans, seasoned with sesame and other flavors like garlic, lime and spice. What happens when you take out the savory and add the sweet? A...
View ArticleTorta de Tres Leches // Three Milks Cake
One of my complaints about cakes in Peru is that they are “juicy.” If you have eaten one, you know just what I mean. My aversion to wet cakes has always caused me to avoid Tres Leches, until recently....
View ArticleDIY: Homemade Ricotta Cheese
They say, “You don’t know what you got, till it’s gone.” Somehow, that seems to apply to nearly every trip to the grocery store. Although there is a wealth of great things available here that aren’t...
View ArticleCream of Anything Soup Mix
Do you know how frustrating it is to have a list of recipes that you cannot make for lack of ingredients. Or, to be more specific, the lack of a very particular ingredient. How many crock pot meals...
View ArticlePeruvian Hot Chocolate
Peruvian Hot Chocolate is made rich by the blend of three different types of milk, made chocolatey with Latin chocolate and cocoa powder. Versión en Español One thing I adore about the holidays are the...
View ArticlePeruvian Homemade Eggnog
Peruvian Homemade Eggnog is simple to make, delicious to drink, and perfect for celebrating the holiday season. I have to confess, I love eggnog. When it showed up in the grocery stores in the states,...
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