Versión en Español Homemade gingerbread cookies, or galletas de jengibre, are spiced Christmas cookies made with flour, brown sugar, butter, honey, eggs, cinnamon, ginger, and clove, chilled, rolled, cut into festive shapes, baked, and decorated with a lemon icing. They take about 3 hours of preparation, mostly chilling, and 8 to 10 minutes in the oven, and serve 8. They are a Christmas classic around the world and a basic recipe that lets you play…

Versión en Español Chilean rhubarb compote, or compota de ruibarbo, is fresh rhubarb gently poached in a red wine syrup with sugar and orange and lemon peel until tender but whole, then covered with the reduced syrup and served cold. It takes 20 minutes of preparation and about 30 minutes of cooking, and serves 6. It is one of those seasonal desserts you look forward to all year, since the rhubarb harvest in southern Chile…

Versión en Español Homemade chocolate brownies are made by melting 70% dark chocolate with butter, mixing it into eggs, sugar, flour, baking soda, and vanilla, folding in walnuts and chocolate chips, and baking in a 20 cm square pan. They take 20 minutes of preparation and 30 minutes in the oven, and make 10 servings. Dense, fudgy, and intensely chocolatey, they melt in your mouth and are a favorite with the whole family. How to…

Versión en Español Homemade churros are a simple dough of flour, boiling salted water, piped through a churro maker and fried in hot oil until golden and crisp, then filled with manjar, dipped in chocolate, or dusted with sugar. They take 45 minutes of preparation and about 20 minutes of frying, and serve 8. Churros are hugely popular in Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and beyond, and in Chile they are a favorite street treat, especially…

Versión en Español Homemade Chantilly cream, or crema chantilly, is well chilled heavy cream whipped with powdered sugar and vanilla until soft and fluffy, with a vegan version made from the solid part of chilled coconut milk. It takes 10 minutes to prepare, plus chilling the cream, and serves 8. A French classic fully adopted by Chilean baking, it is used to decorate cakes, top café helado, crown preserved fruit, and much more. How to…

Versión en Español Passion fruit mousse, or mousse de maracuyá, is a sweet and tangy dessert made by blending strained passion fruit juice with sweetened condensed milk and evaporated milk, set with unflavored gelatin and topped with fresh pulp, with a no gelatin version made with cream. It takes 20 minutes of preparation, plus at least 2 hours of chilling, and serves 6. Passion fruit is increasingly easy to find, fresh, as concentrated juice, or…

Versión en Español Homemade pastry cream, or crema pastelera, is a smooth custard made by infusing whole milk with vanilla bean and optional lemon zest, whisking it into egg yolks, sugar, and cornstarch, and cooking it until thick, finished with a little butter. It takes 20 minutes of preparation and about 20 minutes of cooking, and serves 6. It is the queen of pastry fillings, used in berlines, profiteroles, mil hojas cake, and countless other…

Versión en Español Chilean butter cookies, or galletas de mantequilla, are crumbly, tender cookies made by creaming softened butter and sugar, beating in eggs and vanilla, and adding flour and baking powder, then chilling, rolling, cutting, and baking the dough until lightly golden. They take 45 minutes of preparation, including chilling, and about 15 minutes in the oven, and serve 6. Simple and full of flavor, they bring back childhood memories and have accompanied generations…

Versión en Español Chilean papaya cremino is a frozen dessert of whipped egg yolks with hot syrup folded into sweetened whipped cream, layered with chopped Chilean papayas in syrup, frozen, and finished with a lemon verbena syrup. It takes 45 minutes of preparation and about 30 minutes of cooking, plus freezing time, and serves 8. Refreshing and creamy, it is a traditional dessert of northern and central Chile and a perfect finish to a heavy…

Versión en Español Homemade cinnamon rolls, or rollitos de canela, are soft yeast rolls of enriched dough spread with brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, and nutmeg, rolled, sliced, baked until lightly golden, and topped while hot with a cream cheese and vanilla glaze. They take about 2 hours of preparation, including rising, and 20 to 25 minutes in the oven, and make 12 rolls. Born in Sweden and popularized in the United States, they have become…