Pilar's Chilean Food & Garden
A recipe blog by a Chilean living in the USA
Versión en español This cake is the typical cake that our moms made from memory and replacing ingredients with whatever was in the house. You can add cocoa and make it chocolate, add poppy seeds, chopped or ground nuts, chocolate chips, etc. Frequently asked questions for the best result with the Basic Chilean Bundt Cake: …
Versión en español Chilean Country Bread or Pan Amasado is what country ladies bake every day at home for their families or to sell. It never tastes the same to me if you buy it at a bakery. Most Chileans enjoy this bread when on vacation: at the lake or the beach. Sometimes is improved …
Versión en español A family recipe, and as such, for me, there is no better than this Christmas Dulce de leche fruitcake or Pan de Pascua. Christmas is not Christmas without eating this Fruitcake. The secret Chilean thing is the addition of dulce de leche to the batter; this makes for a cake mellow and addictive. If …
Versión en español I’ll confess something, I do not like noodles, I eat them, but I never get a craving for pasta… the bad thing is that I married a man who loves pasta in all its forms. He makes fresh pasta, but I can also make him happy with bowties with butter. But I …
Versión en español Chilean lentil soup with rice and chorizo is a traditional Chilean winter dish. Like many old dishes, each family has its version, so feel free to adapt this recipe as you like best. In my family, it has always been with potatoes and rice, lentils and chorizo sometimes, they also added chard …
Versión en español I grew up in Rancagua, where the quintessential cake is the Banana Pompadour. When I arrived in Santiago for college, I was soon introduced to the pancake cakes at Dulcería Las Palmas and, more specifically, to the Raspberry Truffle Cake. During my 20 years here in the US, I have cooked many …
