South American Holiday/Event Recipes

"Delicious over anything you want to have a little Pueblo flair - tacos, grilled proteins, veggies or potatoes, even stirred into rice! Adapted from veganmenu.blogspot.com. Enough for 6 burritos or 4 rice dishes."

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Ingredients: ground cumin, dark raisins...

"i'm dying to try this, i've been craving a good drinking chocolate for ages. swiped off of ezrapoundcake.com for safekeeping. this looks marginally less bad for you since it's done with milk instead of heavy cream. we'll see. drinking chocolate is nothing like cocoa by the way. thick and rich like drinking a melted chocolate bar, this is way more intense...."

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Ingredients: granulated sugar, unsweetened dark chocolate...

"It's like a yule log/Tronco Navideño.A sponge cake rolled into a log with a filling of your choice. You could frost it or just dust with powdered sugar. The filling I use is dulce de leche with guava marmalade, you could also use Nutella, bavarian cream or any flavor of marmalade. It's not as hard as it looks."

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Ingredients: egg whites, egg yolks...

"This recipe does not contain avocado. This is the kind of guasacaca you would find at food carts selling arepas on the calle de hambre (hunger streets) in Venezuela. Every family has their own recipe, and this is ours. Adjusting the taste is very simple once the ingredients are in the blender. Just add more of whatever you'd like."

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Ingredients: cilantro, corn oil...

"The holidays are not the same if my turkey doesn't come with a savory sauce, I hope you enjoy it as much as my family does."

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Ingredients: Dijon mustard, green olives...

"this is another level of cornbread...its moist, tasty and very sophisticated with a taste that leaves u wanting more and more. u never make 1 and become satisfied with it. i am from the west indies so i decided 2 caribbean-ise the cornbread and i am sure that u will love it just as much as i did. happy eating! :)"

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Ingredients: cornmeal, creamed corn, eggs...

"The tops of radishes had just poked through the soil, and now I know those bright red radishes are ready for the picking. My FIL was a lovely soul from the Caribbean, and served this lovely, sparkling, nutritious radish salad for a bit of a palette cleansing, and also aside "frijoles con arroz", which was a perfect compliment to this dish...."

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Ingredients: red radishes, limes, mint...

"Found online; posting for ZWT 7-South America (Guyana)."

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Ingredients: coconut, eggs, lard...

"This is another cachaca-based cocktail recipe that I found in "The Bartender's Guide". It was created for the festive annual Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, but ti's meant to be enjoyed everywhere."

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Ingredients: dark rum, coconut liqueur, ice...

"Grilled Provolone Cheese From LCBO Food & Drink Magazine Provoleta is a traditional Argentinian cheese. It has a texture that allows it to be barbecued. Using provolone gives the same taste but cannot be used on the barbecue and must be cooked in a nonstick pan instead. The weight of the cheese in the ingredients is an estimate. Try to get..."

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Ingredients: dried oregano, serrano ham...

"Sweet, cakey raisin bread."

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Ingredients: cornmeal, cornstarch, eggs...