Gastronomic Tips
The following list contains typical dishes from the city:
- Cebiche: raw fish filet cut into pieces and marinated in lime juice, onions, and aji (hot pepper).
- Escabeche: pieces of fish or chicken marinated in vinegar and steamed with plenty of onions.
- Carapulcra: boiled dehydrated potatoes made into a stew with pork and chicken, aji panca and mirasol (hot peppers), garlic, and other spices.
- Cau-cau: cow stomach stew with potatoes, palillo (a spice similar to turmeric), and mint.
- Anticuchos: grilled brochettes of beef heart, macerated in vinegar and aji panca (hot pepper).
- Lomo saltado: beef tenderloin slices, sautéed with onions, tomatoes, aji (hot peppers),and other spices. It is served with French fries and rice.
- Ají de gallina: a chicken stew made with cream, cheese, aji (hot pepper), and peanuts.
- Causa rellena: mashed yellow potatoes seasoned with aji (hot pepper) and filled with tuna or chicken.
- Choros a la chalaca: mussels covered with diced onions and aji (hot pepper) and seasoned with lemon juice.
- Tacu-tacu: Mixture of beans and rice, fried, and topped with breaded and pan-fried steak and an onion salsa.
- Parihuela: concentrated soup of fish and shellfish.
- Sancochado: boiled beef with corn, sweet potatoe, carrots, cabbage, yucca, and potatoes.
- Pescado a la chorrillana: fried fish in a tomato, onion, and white wine salsa.
- Pescado a lo macho: fried fish in a shellfish sauce with aji (hot pepper) and garlic.
Traditional desserts:
- Mazamorra morada: pudding-like dessert made from purple corn flour and fresh and dried fruits.
- Suspiro a la limeña: meringue with manjar blanco and vanilla.
- Turrón de Doña Pepa: pan cookie dough with butter, bathed in sugar syrup and hard candies.
- Picarones: doughnut-like pastries of sweet potato and squash flour, bathed in sugar or corn syrup.
Traditional drinks:
- Chicha morada: alcohol-free drink of purple corn juice.
- Pisco sour: unsurpassed typical Peruvian cocktail made with a pisco, lime and egg-white.
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