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The Christmas Dinner in Argentina
As we told you before,
the Christmas Eve in Argentina is a warm one. We are in the first days of
summer so the temperatures are usually the first high temperatures of the
season. That is why our Christmas dinner is mostly full of different light and
fresh dishes or appetizers instead of heavy and high in carbohydrates ones.
Then, we also have a sort of after dinner. What we usually call the “Sweet
Table”. But we will leave that one for the next post.Today, we are going to
talk to you abou
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17th Dec 2020
The Christmas dinner in Argentina: Part II
As we anticipated on
our last blog entry, today we will tell you all about our after dinner table on
Christmas Eve. Always leave the sweetest part for the end.Like we mentioned
before, holidays season in Argentina lands just at the start of summer. That is
the main reason why our dinners are generally on the lighter side of the
spectrum. But when we talk about the sweet desserts we overlook those
situations and like to go a bit overboard so is probably common to find our
after dinner tabl
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17th Dec 2020
The story of Pan Dulce
The story of this
iconic piece of the Christmas table started in Italy and then came to
Latin-America, where it receives different names and secrets of elaboration.Whenever you try to
identify the origin of a certain product, you can frequently find that there
were always Egyptian people involved, and more closely in time is almost
impossible not to find that the Romans where involved too. In the case of the Pan Dulce, the Romans were used to have
bread sweetened with honey. In Italy aroun
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15th Dec 2020
Alfajor Cachafaz: A Controversial Story
Have you ever tried a
Cachafaz Alfajor? Or its amazing Dulce de Leche?Nowadays this brand is
practically a synonym of Alfajor. But this company of no more than twelve years
of history gained the reputation it has now in a quite controversial way. Behind the brand there
are three siblings, Leonardo, Javier and Gastón Alcaraz who first started to
elaborate a line of “alfajores de maicena” (alfajores made with cornstarch
cookies) and now have one of most outstanding companies of Alfajores in
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14th Dec 2020
Christmas Nougat, a Sweet Tradition and a Quick Recipe!
This year has passed quicker than we thought and December is almost
here! That is why we keep bringing you inspiration and ideas for your sweet Christmas
table!Today we present you a brief history of the Nougat origin and a little
recipe for you to try.
There are plenty variations of the
classic nougat, but its most famous confection is the one which ingredients are
sugar or honey, any type of roasted nuts, such as
almonds, walnuts, pistachios, hazelnuts, or macadamia nuts ,
whipped egg
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10th Dec 2020