Versión en Español Chilean chirimoya alegre is a chilled summer dessert of seeded cherimoya segments bathed in freshly squeezed orange juice and topped with a soft meringue of egg whites beaten with sugar, garnished with orange slices. It takes 30 minutes to prepare and serves 4 people. The cherimoya is a delicate white Andean fruit that oxidizes easily, and its sweet and tangy flesh pairs perfectly with citrus. How to Make Chirimoya Alegre? Cherimoya goes…
Versión en Español Homemade Dubai chocolate is a filled chocolate bar made by coating a silicone mold with melted dark and milk chocolate, filling it with kataifi or angel hair pasta toasted in butter and mixed with pistachio cream, tahini, and salt, then sealing it with more chocolate and chilling for 30 minutes. It takes 15 minutes of preparation plus 20 minutes of cooking and serves 6 people. It is a recent creation that went…
Versión en Español Chilean dulce de harina dorada is an old colonial dessert made by dry-toasting 200 g of flour in a pot until deep golden, then slowly adding 1 1/2 liters of milk and 500 g of chancaca (unrefined cane sugar) and cooking over low heat until thicker than jam, served cold. It takes 10 minutes of preparation plus 20 minutes of cooking and serves 8 people. It is one of the oldest treasures…
Versión en Español Easy homemade waffles are made from a batter of 240 g flour, 375 ml milk, 2 eggs, and 100 g melted butter with baking powder and salt, sweetened with 2 tablespoons of sugar or seasoned with extra salt for a savory version, and cooked in a greased waffle iron for 2 to 3 minutes. They take 15 minutes of preparation plus 30 minutes of cooking and serve 4 people. Crisp outside and…
Versión en Español Chilean turrón de arrope de uva is a soft, creamy meringue dessert made by cooking a sugar syrup to the thread stage, adding arrope (reduced grape syrup) and thickening it, then beating it hot into stiff egg whites until cool, and finishing with lemon zest and chopped walnuts or almonds. It takes 20 minutes of preparation plus 10 minutes of cooking and serves 4 people. It is a long-standing Chilean dessert, easy…
Versión en Español Chilean torta de galletas de vino is a no-bake cake made by dipping 600 g of galletas de vino (Chilean wine biscuits) briefly in cold milk and layering them brick-style with manjar, then covering the whole cake with more manjar and grated coconut and chilling it for at least 2 hours. It takes 30 minutes of preparation plus 2 hours of chilling and serves 6 people. It is so easy you barely…
Versión en Español Chilean torta de galletas Tritón is a no-bake icebox cake made by layering 600 g of Tritón chocolate sandwich cookies soaked in warm milk with sweetened whipped cream in a lined springform pan, then freezing it for about 3 hours until set. It takes 3 hours of preparation, mostly freezing, and serves 8 people. Tritón are classic Chilean chocolate sandwich cookies similar to Oreos, and this quick cake is a favorite at…
Versión en Español Galletas lengua de gato, or cat tongue cookies, are thin, crisp butter cookies made by creaming butter with powdered sugar, adding egg whites, a yolk, and vanilla, folding in flour and salt, piping 8 cm strips, and baking at 200 C (392 F) for about 10 minutes, then dipping one end in dark chocolate. They take 20 minutes of preparation plus 10 minutes of baking and serve 6 people. They practically melt…
Versión en Español Homemade vanilla cookies are simple cut-out butter cookies made by creaming butter with sugar, adding egg and vanilla, mixing in flour and a little baking powder, chilling the dough, rolling it to 5 mm, cutting shapes, and baking at 180 C (356 F) for 8 to 10 minutes. They take 30 minutes of preparation plus 10 minutes of baking and serve 6 people. They are easy to make with the whole family,…
Versión en Español Chilean babarua is a quick strawberry mousse made by dissolving strawberry gelatin in hot water, whipping chilled evaporated milk until it triples in volume, folding in the warm gelatin, and refrigerating it in individual cups for at least an hour, served with whipped cream, fresh strawberries, and chocolate sauce or manjar. It takes 15 minutes of preparation plus 60 minutes of chilling and serves 4 people. It is a simple, reliable dessert…