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Carapulcra.

You have to start this dish the day before. Start by toasting your dried potatoes for 5 minutes, then soaking your dried potatoes in a large pot of water. The next day, drain your rehydrated potatoes, then strain and repeat, until free of debris.

Cube up your pork, then cook it in a pan until browned on all sides. Take the pork out, and put it on a plate. Cook up two diced onions, diced garlic, and 3 tablespoons of aji panca. Once fully cooked, re-add the pork, one teaspoon of cinnamon, one teaspoon of cumin, and 3 bay leaves. Cook this for 3 minutes, coating all of the pork. Add 1 wine glass full of wine (I used a homemade apple pie cyser), 2 tablespoons of peanut butter, and 3 cups of chicken stock. Add the rehydrated potatoes. Simmer for one hour, then plate with some rice and diced culantro.
 

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Tallarin Saltado.

Just like Lomo Saltado, this is a dish that needs to be cooked as quickly as possible. Dice your green onions, slice your bell peppers, tomatoes and cut up your onions. Slice up your beef. Blend up 3 cloves of garlic, 1 tablespoon of aji amarillo, 2 tablespoons of aji panca, and 3 whole aji limo. Cook your noodles, then strain. Fry up your meat on high heat, add 2 tablespoons of soy sauce, and one tablespoon of vinegar. Once the meat is cooked, add your diced ginger, and onions. Cook for about 2 minutes, then add your bell peppers. Cook for 2 more minutes, then add your tomatoes. Add your noodles, and toss everything together so that it is equally coated. I like to add a bit of beef broth at this point to the pan to make the dish extra juicy, but it isn't necessary, just a personal preference. Mix everything together again in the pan, then serve, spoon some juice to the plate.
 

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Thegreenchilemonster said:
Nice, that place looks legit.
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They won't make it in Lakewood Ranch if they can't deliver authenticity ...
 
Folks who frequent that area are mostly ex-Northeasterners, or Northeasterner snowbirds ...
 
Also, there's a very well established Peruvian restaurant, Selva Grill, that opened up a little bit ahead of ceviche blowing up years back: http://www.selvagrill.com/gallery.html
 
And then there's Darwin's, where Wheebz was the brewer ... they closed their brick and mortar location and are foodtruckin' it around, now ...
 
There's another place that seems decent enough, haven't heard: http://www.inkantoperu.com/gallery/
 
And I'm glad I looked, because I just found some quickie place that has 3x locations: http://maemichicken.com/menu/
 
Hmmm ... options!
 
Nice dishes again tgcm!
 
I have been told a few times that Causa... or "the cause" in english.... was commonly given to the troops in the Peru/Chile war, which is where the name came from. Have you ever tried Causa Norteno?
 
Great looking Carapulcra!.... once the temps start dropping a bit more here im going to make some Carapulcra Chinchana.... i love sopa seca....
 
Delicious looking Tallarines Saltados.... personally i think you need plenty of juice for that dish.... yours looks great...
 
Tinnie said:
Nice dishes again tgcm!
 
I have been told a few times that Causa... or "the cause" in english.... was commonly given to the troops in the Peru/Chile war, which is where the name came from. Have you ever tried Causa Norteno?
 
Great looking Carapulcra!.... once the temps start dropping a bit more here im going to make some Carapulcra Chinchana.... i love sopa seca....
 
Delicious looking Tallarines Saltados.... personally i think you need plenty of juice for that dish.... yours looks great...
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Thanks man! I always like my tallarin saltado extra juicy.

I've never tried a causa norteña before, just the regular causas of chicken/fish.

I agree with you, maracuya pisco sours are soooo good!

I just dug into the extra spicy plate of delicousness. Great hangover cure!
 

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Hoping to try some soups now its getting colder..... the other night we had a soup called Llunca (pronounced yun-ka) which is a traditional dish from the Ancash region of Peru.... Its quite simple to make and the end result is a quite rich filling soup.... we served it with fresh chilli and lemon on the side...
 
Ingredients:
- 1 Gallina (Hen) cut into 8 pieces
- 300g Barley (or Wheat grains) soaked in water overnight
- 1 medium onion
- 2 Aji Amarillo
- 2t Garlic
- 3 Green onions
- Huacatay (or herb of your choice)
 
Method:
Put barley with soaking liquid into a pot with gallina pieces, add enough water to cover everything, season with salt, pepper and ajinomoto. Cut onion in half and add one whole half to pot and finely chop other half for later. Bring pot to boil and cook until both gallina and barley are cooked (roughly 1 and a half hours), skimming impurities from the top with a spoon as it cooks. Fry remaining onion, garlic, aji amarillo, green onions and huacatay in a little oil, then add that to soup for the last 5 mins of cooking. Done.
 
 
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Tinnie said:
Hoping to try some soups now its getting colder..... the other night we had a soup called Llunca (pronounced yun-ka) which is a traditional dish from the Ancash region of Peru.... Its quite simple to make and the end result is a quite rich filling soup.... we served it with fresh chilli and lemon on the side...
 
Ingredients:
- 1 Gallina (Hen) cut into 8 pieces
- 300g Barley (or Wheat grains) soaked in water overnight
- 1 medium onion
- 2 Aji Amarillo
- 2t Garlic
- 3 Green onions
- Huacatay (or herb of your choice)
 
Method:
Put barley with soaking liquid into a pot with gallina pieces, add enough water to cover everything, season with salt, pepper and ajinomoto. Cut onion in half and add one whole half to pot and finely chop other half for later. Bring pot to boil and cook until both gallina and barley are cooked (roughly 1 and a half hours), skimming impurities from the top with a spoon as it cooks. Fry remaining onion, garlic, aji amarillo, green onions and huacatay in a little oil, then add that to soup for the last 5 mins of cooking. Done.
 
 
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That looks great! I've never had it. I'll definitely make some in a couple of weeks when I have some ripe aji amarillo.
 
I just crushed a huge bowl of this at my favorite local Peruvian restaurant. I had to post a photo, because it is some of the best Peruvian soup I've ever tasted. It's called Patasca. It is similar to menudo, but with all of the flavors and aji of Peru, instead of Mexico. It has hominy and tripe similar to menudo, but also small chunks of beef. They served it with a crema de rocoto on the side. One of the best meals I've had in long time! I need to make this ASAP.

 
Yummo!!
 
Yep you'd never get a restaurant here making Patasca or anything similar.... they'd be too scared to.... 
 
I still have some dired Mote around here somewhere.... i might give this one a go too... i was eyeing off a certain recipe a few weeks ago....
 
 
Grant for this particular soup the tripe is pretty important for the flavour of the broth.... as is the corn/mote.... i think you'd enjoy the soup even if it meant pushing the tripe and corn to the side lol....
 
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