Recetas Providencia

Recipes from Colombia

Arequipe (Dulce de Leche)
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Arequipe (Dulce de Leche)

Colombian dulce de leche, slowly cooked until thick and caramelized. Based on María Inés Quijano’s arequipe.

Apple Rings with Ice Cream
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Apple Rings with Ice Cream

Apple rings in a beer tempura, fried until crisp, dusted with sugar and served with vanilla ice cream.

Spinach Rice
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Spinach Rice

A green rice cooked in blended spinach, with crispy bacon and raisins, garnished with bacon strips.

Rice Pudding
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Rice Pudding

The classic creamy dessert of rice slowly cooked in milk with cinnamon and lemon peel. Based on the recipe Soledad kept from “Doña”.

Prune Cake
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Prune Cake

Spiced cake with cloves and cinnamon, soaked in a syrup of prunes in wine and topped with the prunes.

Coconut Cake
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Coconut Cake

Soft, moist coconut cake covered with meringue and grated coconut, decorated with candied cherries.

Mocha Cake
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Mocha Cake

Three-layer chocolate and coffee cake with a creamy mocha frosting. Better the next day.

Marshmallow Icing
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Marshmallow Icing

A fluffy marshmallow-style icing made with soft-ball syrup, beaten egg whites and gelatin, to decorate cakes.

Butter Cookies
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Butter Cookies

Soft, buttery cookies made with cornstarch and flour, shaped by hand and flattened with a fork.

Pineapple Fritters (Hojuelas)
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Pineapple Fritters (Hojuelas)

Thin, crispy fritters fried in oil, with the dough moistened with pineapple juice.

Manjar Blanco
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Manjar Blanco

Creamy manjar blanco made with milk, rice flour and sugar, scented with cinnamon.

Mazapanes (Milk Marzipan)
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Mazapanes (Milk Marzipan)

Sweets made from powdered milk and condensed milk shaped into little figures and decorated with cloves.

Miguelete (Curdled-Milk Sweet)
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Miguelete (Curdled-Milk Sweet)

Homemade sweet of curdled milk cooked with panela and cinnamon until thickened.

Mojicón (Anise Sweet Bread)
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Mojicón (Anise Sweet Bread)

A fluffy sweet bread with a hint of anise liqueur, leavened with a yeast starter and baked until golden.

Antioquian Natilla
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Antioquian Natilla

Traditional Antioquian natilla made with a ready mix, panela and cinnamon, dusted with ground cinnamon.

Lemon Pie
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Lemon Pie

A smooth, tangy lemon custard over a pie crust, topped with Italian meringue browned in the oven.

Cartagena-Style Black Beef with Caramelized Plantains
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Cartagena-Style Black Beef with Caramelized Plantains

Beef roast marinated in cola, panela and cloves, cooked until caramelized, served with sweet caramelized plantains and a cilantro and gooseberry pesto.

Coconut Tipsy Trifle
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Coconut Tipsy Trifle

Sponge cake soaked in white wine syrup, layered with coconut custard and topped with oven-browned meringue.

Chicken Loaf
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Chicken Loaf

A baked loaf of ground chicken breast with onion and eggs, served sliced with a sauce made from its own broth and rice on the side.

Prune Sauce
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Prune Sauce

A sweet sauce of prunes cooked in wine, thickened with cornstarch and cream, ideal for serving over desserts.

Sandwiches in Mushroom Sauce
SavoryColombia

Sandwiches in Mushroom Sauce

Layers of sliced bread, ham and yellow cheese bathed in a mushroom sauce with onion and bell pepper, baked au gratin with parmesan cheese.

Mojicón Cake (Pudding)
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Mojicón Cake (Pudding)

Homemade pudding of mojicón bread layers soaked in milk, with guava paste, cheese and butter, topped with a syrup meringue.

Tres Leches Cake
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Tres Leches Cake

Sponge cake soaked in a thick cream of condensed milk and milk, topped with meringue and browned in the oven.

Sofía Díaz Cake
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Sofía Díaz Cake

A simple, fluffy margarine cake scented with orange juice. Delicious!