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CEVICHE
Ceviche or Cebiche (even Seviche or Sebiche in some areas), is a typical marine dish from the coast that waters the Pacific Ocean, which in its Peruvian version (the most famous) combines raw fish marinated in lemon, with minced chili pepper, cilantro, sliced onion and canchita serrana, choclo (corn) and sweet potato (sweet potato or…
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CAUSA LIMEÑA
La Causa is undoubtedly one of the best complements to ceviche. This delicious dish consisting of a potato dough to which chili and lemon have been added comes from the pre-Columbian tradition, which used the yellow potato variety for its more “earthy” character. Egg, black olive and avocado could also be added to the cause.Over…
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AJÍ DE GALLINA
Ají de gallina is a rich dish composed -as its name indicates- of cooked and shredded chicken, mixed in a yellow chili cream, in which soaked bread and milk are added. In some recipes, parmesan and pecans (a kind of dried fruit similar to walnuts) are also added to the chili cream, which gives it…
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LOMO SALTADO
If they asked me as a foreigner what three foods define Peru, I would have it clear: Ceviche, Causa and Lomo Saltado, but with that statement I would be sinning to have a vision that is too Lima.The lomo saltado is an apparently very simple dish that fuses Chinese and Peruvian cuisine, consisting of beef,…
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Cusco The Imperial City
Cusco The Imperial City marzo 18, 2021 por eyner We finally reached the jewel in the crown of Peru: the ‘Imperial City‘ of Cusco. Also known as ‘Cuzco’, it is undoubtedly one of the most complete places for foreign visitors, who will find themselves faced with an overflowing explosion of colors that comes from the ancient pre-Hispanic…