Chilean cuisine boasts a strong Spanish flavour due to its colonisation in the 1500s. Corn was a staple food item among the nation's indigenous population, and remains popular today. Chilean cuisine celebrates fruit, vegetables, beans, seafood and red meat, particularly beef. A summer specialty is this lima bean, pumpkin and rocket salad. Sweet tooths will almost certainly be partial to Chile's infamous alfajores (sandwich biscuits made with dulce de leche). Read more

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South American corn humitas

Humitas is a traditional vegetarian South American dish. A savoury corn cake, it features a mixture of freshly ground corn and spice with other variations...
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Chilean salsa

“This fresh, beautifully balanced salsa is one of those all-purpose additions to a barbecue that you’ll make again and again. I love that you use the stalks as...
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Marinated pork belly

“The joy of this recipe is just how easy it is – a handful of ingredients to marinate the pork belly and build beautiful flavours, then simply cooking over...
Chilean

Beef stew

When I was young, I loved to watch my grandmother cook cazuela. She’d use the bones of the meat for extra flavour and leave the vegetables whole with the skins on...
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Chilean “eggnog”

This festive drink is laced with cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. The alcohol component is pisco, a grape brandy, or aguardiente, a clear spirit that means “fire water”.
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Caramel sandwich biscuits

Alfajores, shortbread sandwiched with rich dulce de leche (Spanish caramel), are often served as part of Chile's Christmas celebrations.
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Lomito

Chileans have a soft spot for sandwiches and on top of their list, is the lomito, dubbed the unofficial national dish. Each of these mighty sandwiches can be 10...
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