Chilean Holiday/Event Recipes

"Recipe by Gaitri Pagrach-Chandra. 'Chile is home to a fairly large community of German settlers and their descendants. This simple drunken apple cake recipe, whose Germanic origin is reflected in its name, is out of the ordinary. When it is cut, you see three layers of cake enclosing two bands of creamy apple mixture, which can be gooey or custard-like..."

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Ingredients: eggs, heavy cream, rum...

"I was looking for something to make to honor the Chilean miners who were finally rescued after 70 days. I came across this dish which is traditionally a celebration dish or party dish. It used to be made in a hole in the ground, but that is impractical for the home cook, lol."

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Ingredients: pork ribs, dried oregano...

"Food is a perfect way to connect us all. :) This recipe shows how you can get to know another country's culture in the comfort of your own backyard.;) Recipe by Nirmala Narine, who is founder of nirmalaskitchen.com and cookbook author.Beter Homes and Gardens Magazine, August 2010 edition."

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Ingredients: pepper, rolls...

"I learned to make empanadas over 25 years ago from a Chilean friend. It's the empanada recipe that has beef, onions, garlic, hard-boiled eggs, raisins, etc. While I could find similar recipes for the empanadas on RecipeZaar, I could not find one for the sauce that you pour inside the empanada after baking it, and before eating it. And well...............that's..."

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Ingredients: cilantro, garlic, green onions...

"This is a very good bread, which in Chile we call Pan de Pascua. A very good christmas recipe!"

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Ingredients: cinnamon, cognac, eggs...

"A wonderful steak recipe with pizzazz! Diana Henry, one of my favourite British chefs, jazzes up this steak recipe with the sensational South American flavours of peppery flat leaf parsley, garlic, lime and hot chillies! Chimichurri relish is better when eaten fresh, although it will be fine if stored in the fridge and used within a week."

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Ingredients: ground cumin, rib eye steaks...

"A recipe from Chile using sweet onions and tomatoes along with wonderful seasonings of cilantro, lime for a cooling effect for those hot days!"

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Ingredients: fresh cilantro, lime juice...

"This delicious casserole has become a tradition at my family's Thanksgiving. And everyone agrees we should make it more often, it's so good, and not hard to make. I've changed this recipe only slightly from the Chilean Squash in the Moosewood Cookbook. You can substitute mashed pumpkin or yams (unsweetened, of course!), but the butternut is best and..."

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Ingredients: ground cumin, corn kernels...

"Sep 11, 2003 is the 30th anniversary of the US backed coup against the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende. In memory of the 3000 people who were tortured, murdered and who then disappeared, here is a recipe for a simple Chilean dish."

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Ingredients: winter squash, garlic, milk...