Diciembre 7, 2009 | Por hostel-colonial | Claves: argentina, Hostel Buenos Aires, Hostel Colonial, Hostel in South America | # Enlace permanente
“Alfajores” in Argentina. This country has a massive sweet tooth. Two baked round sweet biscuits joined together with a filling of “dulce de leche” (milk jam) or jelly, covered with chocolate.
It has its origins in Arabic countries and was made popular in Spain during Columbus’ time. In Argentina the tradition has been kept for 130 years.
It was introduced in Cordoba (Argentina) in 1869.
The names were chosen by a French Augusto Chammás who set up a a candy factory.
The production of “alfajores” is simple and comes in different flavors: white, dark chocolate, and others very typical argentinean made, with cornstarch.
In Argentina the most popular is made by Havanna S.A.
This company, from Mar del Plata, in the province of Buenos Aires, was set up in 1947, and it gained international prestige thanks to the flavor of its home made dulce de leche. The alfajor industry evolves every day.
Either with lemon mousse or chocolate, glazing or fruit, alfajores have become the perfect company for a good cup of tea or coffee.
So, if you’re trying to lose weight, maybe this is not the country in which to start your diet !
There are many brands and in Hostel Colonial we like too: “Capitán del Espacio“, “Cachafaz“, “Fantoche” and “Guolis“
Octubre 11, 2009 | Por hostel-colonial | Claves: argentina, Hostel Buenos Aires, Hostel Colonial | # Enlace permanente
Sooo… Porteño!!! It´s not other possible option so argentine than to mention, “Cheese and Sweet“, also well known as “Watchmen dessert“, this comes from early XX Century and it became one of the most common gastronomic traditions that allow other ways and variations. About couples, there are couples that won’t be separate from one another such as Batman and Robin and well the same happens with cheese and sweet potato (batata) in Argentina and it come together named as “Postre Vigilante” (already translated) it goes as watchmen dessert, known like “Martin Fierro” too or fresh and sweet potato.
In all variations and ways consist in the simple way to put on top the other slice of cheese and sweet. We shall say (a very local cheese) called Mar del Plata or Pategras, it´s great! Very Porteño! The preference for the cheese is another habit in Argentina. It comes from the beginning of century and this is because, and over all, their Italian routes and immigration influence, the popular legend counts that started in 1920, in a canteen of Old Palermo (now Palermo Soho), neighborhood that for at that time was a zone of “compadritos” and “malevos” (bad people), the canteen was near a Police Station and as it was very frequented by the police the dessert acquired the name with which was known for then to the safety agent: “Watchmen“.
The dessert was quickly popularized and spread among the workers, but ended being as one in every level society including the very renowned and distinguish intellectuals. An illustrious fan, in his book “A Contraluz”, (cross-light), Borges this singing tells one of the culinary preferences of one of the most recognized Argentinean writer, when the creator of the “Aleph” was going to eat always request the same order: Beef-steak with salad, and as a dessert, cheese and sweet.
Variations and different ways are allow and also depend the region in Argentina, for example in the Northwest it’s served goat cheese with cayote sweet or tune, as in the South the sheep cheese or cow of the type “Atuel”, accompanies on top with saúco sweet, or raspberries sweet or some red fruits. In the Northwest there the fresh cheese is preferred and accompanied with sweet of shoot in hullsfinally in the littoral is common sweet of bitter oranges, all these variations are allowed for sure, but already they are not called Watchmen, but simply “Cheese and Sweet “, and today we will eat here, in Hostel Colonial Buenos Aires.
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