Gastronomic tips

The following is a list of typical dishes from Ica:

1. Pallares: A stew of savory butter beans seasoned with aji (hot pepper).
2. Morusa: Mashed butter beans with roast beef or pork.
3. Picante de Pallares: Spicy butter beans with milk, eggs and fresh cheese.
4. Carapulcra: Dehydrated potatoes, boiled and cooked with pork and chicken, aji panca and mirasol (chili peppers), garlic, and other spices.

Typical Desserts:

1. Tejas: Traditional dessert made with dried lemons, figs, or pecans, filled with manjarblanco (sweetened and condensed milk cooked down) and covered with sugar icing.
2. Chapanas: Dessert made with yucca flour and molasses.                  

Traditional Drinks:

1. Pisco: Distilled grapes, a Peruvian liquor and banner product.
2. Cachina: Liquor based on fermented grape must.