Almojabana is a Colombian cheese bread. It goes well with a cup of coffee or the traditional Colombian hot chocolate with cheese.
South America
So many tasty South American recipes! So little time!
We’re talking about recipes from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
The flavors are comforting and the traditional dishes are satisfying. You’ll find unique ingredients and flavor combinations that you might never have thought of. But, give them a try. You never know what will become your new favorite!
If you’re looking for a particular country or region, you can find them on our map or in our collection of South American cuisines.
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Colombian hot chocolate with cheese, chocolate Santafereno, is a favorite breakfast treat.
Changua is a traditional breakfast soup with poached eggs from the Andean area of Colombia.
Colorful, sticky, extremely gooey, and delicious. Quindim (coconut egg custard) is one of the most appreciated Brazilian desserts. It can be found in all churrasquerias (Brazilian steakhouses).
Shrimp ceviche is a traditional dish from Ecuador’s coast, consisting of high-quality shrimp in a marinade made with limes, oranges, and cilantro.
Paraguayan cornbread pudding or chipa guasu is made with fresh corn, onion, and lots of cheese. Traditionally it is baked in a brick oven and served as a side dish with grilled meat.
Perico (meaning parakeet) is a dish that represents Venezuelan breakfast. The perico recipe is simple to prepare: scrambled eggs with a sofrito of onion and tomato.
Peruvian ceviche is a mixture of flavors, salty and spicy, sweet and sour, that makes this dish unique and loved all over the world.
Brigadeiro are bite-sized chewy truffles and they are the most popular sweets in Brazil. The recipe for brigadeiro is quick to make and has very few ingredients. People serve them at all birthday parties, dinner parties, and weddings across South America.
Carimañolas are delicious cassava meat pies that have a crispy crust but are soft and creamy when you bite into them. The filling is a flavorful stew of meat and vegetables.
Alfajores Marplatenses are well-known chocolate alfajores cookies. Chocolate sandwich cookies, filled with rum-infused dulce de leche, covered in chocolate.
This warm Bolivian quinoa drink is spiced with cinnamon and cloves and thickened with shredded apples.
Carbonada is a very common Chilean beef soup in the central part of the country consisting of chunks of beef and a variety of vegetables.
Peruvian arroz zambito, “brown rice pudding,” gets its brown color from chancaca or panela, a dark, natural sugar used in many Peruvian desserts.
Pan de yuca is an Ecuadorian cassava bread that is soft with a firm crust. This appetizer is easy to make and so good right out of the oven!
Marquesa de Chocolate is a Venezuelan chocolate no-bake dessert that is made up of layers of cookies alternating with a homemade chocolate pudding.
Espumilla is a meringue cream dessert that looks like ice cream (but is much easier to make) and is often sold as street food in Ecuador.
A cholado is a creamy marriage of a snow cone and a tropical fruit cocktail.