In Argentina, you can find Medialunas in every café and bakery. Not so in the U.S. So, I made my own!
Argentine
Gnocchi di Susini – Plum Filled Gnocchi – Ñoquis de Ciruelas – Pflaumenknödel
A different kind of Gnocchi, filled with plums and topped with bread crumbs and cinnamon and sugar. Sweet, but a main course. A traditional Northern Italian dish.
Alfajores Marplatenses
I’ve always made Alfajores de Maicena, or cornstarch alfajores. These are the iconic Argentine sandwich cookie. The cookie itself is delicate, crumbly, sort-of like shortbread, […]
Empanadas and more!
You may know by now that I’m half Argentine. I was born in Buenos Aires, and although we moved to the U.S. when I was […]
Latin American Ingredients
I recently “discovered” a great store in the Mission that carries all sorts of imported Latin American products. It was all I could do not […]