Choripán – or grilled spicy sausage in a toasted baguette – is Latin America’s take on the hot dog.
Argentinians make their choripán with chorizo sausages and slather them in fresh chimichurri sauce – definitely a winning combination.
Choripán are ubiquitous at football matches, making them an obvious choice for our World Cup 2018 cook-off. Continue reading
The recoleta clericot is a clever cocktail, with a careful balance of tastes and flavours – bitter Cinzano, acid-sweet orange juice, delicate herbal notes and the alcoholic wallop of gin, the distinctive flat melon flavour of cucumber, and ginger ale’s dancing top note. I came across this recipe in Waitrose Food magazine a couple of summers ago, and we’ve been quaffing them regularly ever since. Continue reading
Argentina’s World Cup dinner was always going to be about beef. Great quality meat, salted and grilled slowly – what’s not to like? The chimichurri recipe comes from the Hot and Spicy cookbook by Marlena Spieler. Continue reading
Not sure if this is specifically Argentinian, but apparently it is South American. Continue reading
When I was looking for Argentinian potato dishes to accompany the lomo asado, this recipe from Argentinian chef Francis Mallman kept coming up. Essentially it’s a quick-cooked potato galette that serves as a base for the grilled meat. Continue reading
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