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Pisco Sour
Pisco, lime, sugar syrup and egg white shaken hard twice, poured over a fine foam and finished with three drops of…
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Lime cures, ají chillies and Pacific seafood. 13 Peruvian recipes, from the everyday to the ambitious.
The 13 recipes cover 3 of the site’s categories, among them 6 dinners, 5 appetisers and small plates and 2 drinks. Of these, 3 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Pisco Sour (5 min), Peruvian Ceviche (25 min) and Arroz Chaufa (30 min). For 7, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 7 easy and 6 medium.
As written, 4 are vegetarian, 1 vegan, 6 gluten-free and 8 dairy-free.
Peruvian recipes — all 13 recipes
Appetizers
Peruvian Ceviche
Firm white fish cured for ten minutes in lime juice with chilli, red onion and coriander, served immediately with…
Dinner
Lomo Saltado
Peru's great fusion dish: beef stir-fried in a wok with onion, tomato and soy sauce, served with both chips and…
Dinner
Ají de Gallina
Shredded chicken in a creamy, mildly spicy sauce thickened with bread and walnuts, coloured yellow by ají amarillo…
Appetizers
Causa Limeña
Cold layers of yellow potato mashed with lime and ají amarillo, packed around a chicken or crab filling and turned…
Appetizers
Papa a la Huancaína
Boiled potatoes under a yellow chilli and cheese sauce, cold, with olives and egg. Thirty-five minutes.
Appetizers
Anticuchos
Beef heart marinated in ají panca and vinegar, grilled hard over charcoal. Lima's street food, and the marinade is…
Dinner
Pollo a la Brasa
Peruvian roast chicken, marinated in soy, garlic, cumin and paprika and roasted until the skin is dark and crisp…
Dinner
Tallarines Verdes
Spaghetti in a creamy sauce of basil, spinach, garlic and queso fresco. The Peruvian pesto pasta, and a Peruvian…
Drinks
Chicha Morada
A deep purple drink of purple corn simmered with pineapple, apple, cinnamon and cloves, sweetened and finished with…
Dinner
Tacu Tacu
Leftover rice and beans mashed with ají amarillo and fried into a crisp-crusted cake, topped with a fried egg and…
Appetizers
Causa Rellena
A cold Peruvian terrine of lime-spiked yellow potato layered with a filling of chicken, avocado and mayonnaise.
Dinner
Arroz Chaufa
Peruvian-Chinese fried rice with chicken, egg, spring onion and ginger, seasoned with soy sauce and a splash of…