Another absolute must-try from the world-renowned melting pot that is Peruvian food: lomo saltado. What is it? Marinated strips of sirloin steak stir-fried with sliced red onion, tomato, crispy French fries and the unmissable ají amarillo. Very ...
Recipes
Ají de Gallina: A Dream of a Creamy Chicken Dish
Whether you’re new to trying Peruvian food, or you’ve been eating it all your life, the creamy ají de gallina chicken dish is likely to tickle your taste buds. In all the right ways, every time. This super-classic Peruvian chicken recipe comprises a ...
Causa de Atún – An Appetizer with a Story
This is the Peruvian appetizer or starter par excellence: a perfect dough of mashed potato made with ají amarillo chili pepper layered with tuna fillet and a slight hint of mayonnaise, topped off with a slice of boiled egg. "How can something so ...
Escabeche de Pescado Recipe – Supreme Fish Dish From Lima
Escabeche de pescado hits all the right Peruvian food-lover’s spots: crunchily fried fish fillet topped with a relish of yellow chili pepper strips, onion, garlic seasoned with yellow and panca chili peppers and black pepper. All served with a piece ...
Papa a La Huancaína: An Irresistibly Creamy Classic
This dish is an unmissable classic of Peruvian cuisine that is a perfect combination of many of Peru’s usual culinary suspects: ají amarillo (the yellow Peruvian chili pepper), potatoes, garlic and fresh cheese. Almost everyone that tries this cold ...
Picarones Recipe
Picarones or Peruvian doughnuts are a typical Peruvian treat and are as good as American Doughnuts but are easier to make. This is a traditional Picarones recipe that's simple to make and the resulting Picarones will tempt you to devour them all. ...
Suspiro Limeño Recipe: Delicious Peruvian Dessert from Lima
A firm favourite in Lima (note the name), the Suspiro Limeño, also known as Suspiro a la Limeña and Suspiro de Limeña is a Peruvian dessert with a very interesting history. In the middle of the nineteenth century, Amparo Ayarza, wife of poet Jose ...
Peruvian avocado and quinoa salad
This is a popular salad which might be just the thing you need to liven up your meals. Skip the green leaves and go for a more substantial offering in this quinoa, sweetcorn, and delicious avocado salad. Peruvian avocado and quinoa ...
Eating Cuy: Peruvian Guinea Pig Delicacy
They're not pigs and they don't come from Guinea. Peruvians don't keep them as pets. What they are is a delicious delicacy best served with potatoes and salsa. Guinea pigs are cute and cuddly and eating one is like eating your pet dog. Or is it? ...
Shrimp Ceviche Recipe
Shrimp is one of the world's most adored seafood and the fact that it is used in so many dishes shows how this love has spread across the globe. So, combine something as beloved as shrimp with something as popular as ceviche and what do you get? The ...