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Pilar's Chilean Food & Garden

Pilar's Chilean Food & Garden

A recipe blog by a Chilean living in the USA

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Popular Posts

Chilean Charquicán

October 16, 2022 by Pilar Hernandez

Versión en español Charquicán is a very seasonal dish in Chile. I mean, if it’s summer and in-season green beans, peas, and corn is added. Same with other vegetables. It is still cooked with pumpkin and always faithful potatoes if it is winter. The name derives from the use of jerky in the preparation. Charqui …

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Chilean Alfajores

September 8, 2022 by Pilar Hernandez

Versión en español Chilean Alfajores are traditional sweet cookies. Make at home for the Independence celebrations or Christmas, and the rest of the year bought at bakeries unless there is a big family event like a baptism or graduation. At these parties, offering small pastries, including Alfajores, is customary. Filling for Chilean Alfajores: Dulce de …

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Milhojas or Thousand Layers Cake

September 1, 2022 by Pilar Hernandez

Versión en español Milhojas or Thousand Layers or Thousand sheets Cake is the most traditional of the Chilean cakes. This particular recipe is from my Great Aunt, who would always bake this cake for my birthday. So, this is yet another of my recipes that feels like home! My Aunt usually makes this cake at …

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Chilean Beef Empanadas de Pino

August 25, 2022 by Pilar Hernandez

Versión en español Many families have Empanadas de Pino or Chilean Beef Empanadas for lunch every Sunday in Chile, and they are the centerpiece of the Fiestas Patrias (Independence Day celebrations). They bring to mind the comfort and familiarity of home. Origins of the beef empanadas Empanadas are a popular dish that exists across Central and …

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Pebre Chileno Recipe

August 16, 2022 by Pilar Hernandez

Versión en español Chilean Pebre sauce or Pebre Chileno is essential to our traditional dishes: Humitas (fresh corn tamales), Empanadas de Pino (beef empanadas), winter (Porotos con Riendas), and summer (Porotos granados) beans soups, are not the same without a good Pebre Chileno. It comes to the table with the appetizers like Sopaipillas or Choripan or Pan …

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Chilean Calzones Rotos

August 11, 2022 by Pilar Hernandez

Versión en español Calzones Rotos is a classic winter Chilean recipe. Fun fact: the name, when translated, means “broken o ripped underwear.” I don’t know why we call them this, but maybe some questions are better left unanswered. My grandmother made these treats a lot, and it always felt like something special. When we arrived …

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