just a girlPeru is known for their array of wonder dishes and unique delicacies! Culinary artist from around the world travel to this South American country for annual Peruvian food festivals and numerous television personalities visit to explore the delectable varieties such as Cuy (Guinea pig), fresh Ceviche, Pisco Sour, and various fruits and vegetables. I thought I would share some basic receipts with you that I collected during my journey through Peru.
Pisco Sour
Ingredients:
1 egg white
1 tablespoon sugar
1 glass of Pisco (Peruvian Brandy)
Juice of 6 limes
Chopped ice
Angostura bitters
Preparation:
1. Beat the egg white and sugar in a blender
2. Add Pisco, lime juice, ice and angostura bitters
3. Mix well and pour into glasses
Stuffed Avocado (Paltas Rellenas)
Ingredients:
Avocado
Cut green beans
Diced cooked carrots Ranch dressing
Mozzarella cheese
Preparation:
1. Cut avocado in half and remove seed
2. Mix cut green beans, diced cooked carrots, ranch dressing and stuff in middle of avocago
3. Top with shredded mozzarella cheese
Ingredients can be substituted for just about anything. Chicken or tuna salad, crab, corn, potatoes, tomatoes, or eggplant. Just add what you like to this dish.
Papas a la Huancaína
Ingredients:
10 medium potatoes (new or red a good choice)
1 pound of cheese (Romano, Mexican or feta work well)
2 small jalapeno peppers
1 cup evaporated milk
½ cup vegetable oil
2 cloves garlic
8 saltine crackers
1 tablespoon prepared mustard
salt and pepper
lettuce
3 hard cooked eggs
black olives
Preparation:
1. Cook and peel potatoes and allow to cool
2. In a blender, mix the cheese, peppers, milk, oil, garlic, crackers, mustard, salt and pepper. The sauce should be fairly thick; add more crackers if not, or add milk is too thick
3. Lay a bed of lettuce in a serving dish and place the potatoes on top. Cover with the sauce. Cut the hard boiled eggs in half and place on top of the potatoes. Add black olives if desired
4. This dish can be served slightly cold
Chicken & Vegetables
Ingredients:
Onions
Cooked carrots
Green beans
Grilled chicken
Ranch dressing (just a little for moisture)
Preparation:
1. Cut large pieces of onion, carrots, green beans and chicken
2. Grill all of the above ingredients and then toss in ranch dressing
3. Eat with rice or just by itself
Stuffed Carne
Ingredients:
Spinach
Red bell pepper
White cheese
Beef skirt steak
Preparation:
1. Sautee spinach leaves and red bell pepper until slightly soft
2. Lay out beef skirt steak and layer cooked spinach, red bell pepper, and desired cheese
3. Then roll one end to the next of the steak into what looks like a sushi roll. 4. Bake in oven until beef is cooked and cut roll into smaller pieces
Machu Picchu Burger
Ingredients:
Hamburger patty
Lettuce, tomato, onion
Cheese of choice
Ham topped with Fried egg Hamburger bun
Preparation:
1. Grill hamburger patty, ham and fried egg
2. Place on hamburger bun and top with cheese, lettuce, tomato and onion
3. Enjoy!
Nachos con Doritos:
use Doritos instead of tostado chips! Cover with your favorite nacho toppings.
Potato Salad y Tuna Fish (Causa Rellena):
Layer potato salad in dish, then a layer of tuna salad and then topped with an additional layer of potato salad. Add whatever you like in addition or stuff it with something different!
Chimichuri (fresh spicy sauce/marinade)
Ingredients:
2 cups parsley
8 cloves minced garlic
3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1 lemon wedge (juice)
1 tablespoon diced red onion
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 jalapeno with seeds chopped
1 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
Great for marinade and large quantity…not as spicy!
OR
1 1/2 cup Parsley leaves packed
4 Serrano chilies chopped
2 Thai Chili chopped
5 medium Cloves of Garlic chopped
1 teaspoon Ground Cumin
1/4 teaspoon Dried Thyme Leaves
3/4 teaspoon Sea salt to taste
1/2 teaspoon Honey
3 tablespoons Fresh Lemon Juice
1/3 cup Red Wine Vinegar
1/2 cup Olive oil
Great for eating with any dish you want to spice up!
Preparation:
1. Pulse parsley in processor to chop
2. Add remaining ingredients and blend
Lomo Saltado 
jumped with Egg
Ingredients
2 pounds of beef tenderloin or other tender steak
¼ cup red wine or burgundy
2 tablespoons of crushed garlic
2 medium onions cut in strips
1 tomato cut in strips/1 tomato pureed
5 potatoes peeled and cut into strips for frying
1 jalapeno pepper cut into thin strips
1 tablespoon of vinegar
1 fried egg Vegetable oil for frying
Salt and pepper
Finely chopped parsley
Preparation
1. Cut beef into thin strips and marinate in wine for 1 hour
2. Cook garlic in oil over medium heat and add meat. Reserve the juice.
3. Add the tomato puree, salt and pepper. Cook a few minutes
4. Add onion, tomato, jalapeno strip, parsley and vinegar. Combine the juice
from the meat
5. Fry the potatoes in a separate pan and add to other ingredients
6. Serve over white rice and top with fried egg
Ceviche de Pescado
Ingredients
2 pounds of white fish (Mahi mahi, Sol, Cod)
1 cup of lemon juice
1/3 cup lime juice 1 clove of crushed garlic
2 red peppers, diced
2 finely diced jalapeno peppers
Salt and pepper to taste
1 large onion, finely chopped
Bunch of finely chopped cilantro
2 lettuce leaves per plate
12 to 16 corn on the cobs cut into 2 inch pieces cooked as usual
3 or 4 sweet potatoes, boiled and peeled
6 to 8 lemons cut in half and placed in center of table
Preparation
1. Wash and de-bone fish and cut in 1/2 inch chunks, fold lime juice into fish
2. Season with lemon juice, garlic, salt and pepper. Let it marinade for 1 hour
3. Add onion, jalapeno and red pepper and cilantro. Marinade for 1 more hour
4. Serve on a bed of lettuce and add two pieces of corn on the cob and a portion of the sweet potatoes
You can add shrimp, scallops, Oct
opus, calamari, muscles as well. If you add crab meat add it last, after the fish has marinated.
