{"id":2960,"date":"2016-11-30T12:34:45","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T12:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.estudiohispanico.com\/blog\/?p=2960"},"modified":"2017-12-20T11:34:14","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T11:34:14","slug":"festive-feasts-and-traditional-treats-in-latin-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.estudiohispanico.com\/blog\/latin-america\/festive-feasts-and-traditional-treats-in-latin-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Festive Feasts and Traditional Treats in Latin America"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you still hungry???….. We\u2019ve covered traditional foods in Spain so now on to Latin America.<\/span><\/p>\n

Each country has slightly different dishes, but all share the idea of preparing feasts to share with your loved ones \u2013 food this time of year is very very important!!<\/span><\/p>\n

We have picked a few of our favourites from each country \u2013 You have some starters, main dishes and desserts!! So you can have a completely traditional Latin Christmas if you like!!<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Arroz <\/a>
Arroz navide\u00f1o <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Ensalada <\/a>
Ensalada nochebuena <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Lechon\" <\/a>
Lechon <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

Per\u00fa \u2013 Papas a la Huancaina.<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n

This savoury dish is with potatoes or Yuca and with a salsa \u2018Huancaina\u2019 \u2013 a tasty, bright yellow sauce which includes a mix of onion, Aj\u00ed Amarillo (a yellow chilli which gives the dish its\u2019 colour), garlic, milk, salt, pepper and fresh cheese (ricotta or feta). It\u2019s delicious and can be used with rice, pasta and meat.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mexico \u2013 Ensalada de Nochebuena<\/em> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This \u2018Christmas Eve\u2019 Salad is an explosion of colour and flavour. The standard recipe includes beetroot, J\u00edcama (a Mexican turnip shaped fruit that has a texture of pear), lettuce, toasted peanuts, coriander, lemon, Pomegranate seeds, apple and pineapple. The sauce is a simple mix of sugar, lemon and vinager.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cuba \u2013 Lechon<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

This is a meatlover’s perfect dish. Suckling pig roasted on a log fire. <\/span><\/p>\n

Bolivia \u2013 Arroz navide\u00f1o<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018Christmas Rice\u2019. This tasty rice can be served on its\u2019 own or used to stuff the turkey! It is flavoured with spices such as turmeric and mixed with raisins, onion, green peppers, meat and garlic \u2013 each household will make adding their own favourite ingredients. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"Queque <\/a>
Queque de Navidad <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Tamales\" <\/a>
Tamales <\/div> <\/div>
\"Alfajores\" <\/a>
Alfajores <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Pasteles\" <\/a>
Pasteles <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

Guatemala \u2013 Tamales<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

There are apparently hundreds of different types of \u2018Tamales\u2019, sweet and savoury. Essentially they are made up of a corn, potato and rice dough filled with meat, fruit and nuts and wrapped in a giant \u2018Max\u00e1n\u2019 or banana leaf. They can also include chocolate, almonds and prunes for those with a sweet tooth!<\/span><\/p>\n

Chile \u2013 Pan de Pascua \/ Costa Rica \u2013 Queque navide\u00f1o<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

This cake could be considered a mix between the Italian Panettone, and the German Stollen. A brioche dough cooked with nuts , dried fruits and candied peel. \u00a1Que Rico!<\/span><\/p>\n

Argentina \u2013Alfajores<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

These sweet delights are made up of two biscuits with a slab of Dulce de leche or caramel between. They can be covered in chocolate, sugar, made in to Christmas shapes \u2013 whatever you can imagine!!<\/span><\/p>\n

Dominican Republic \u2013 Pasteles<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

This could be considered similar to the Tamales in Mexico. A dough made with bananas, plantain, oil, sofrito and seasoning, filled with meat, rice, cheese, vegetables or fish. <\/span><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know about you but we are full up! We hope we have tantalised your tastebuds! <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a1Que aproveche!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Are you still hungry???….. We\u2019ve covered traditional foods in Spain so now on to Latin America. Each country has slightly different dishes, but all share the idea of preparing feasts to share with your loved ones \u2013 food this time of year is very very important!! We have picked a few of our favourites from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[578],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2960","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latin-america"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.estudiohispanico.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/5273280548_437c1c8164_z.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p85Ac4-LK","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.estudiohispanico.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.estudiohispanico.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.estudiohispanico.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.estudiohispanico.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.estudiohispanico.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.estudiohispanico.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.estudiohispanico.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.estudiohispanico.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.estudiohispanico.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.estudiohispanico.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}