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This is an appetizer served in picanterías (traditional restaurants in Arequipa). However, they don´t serve you the finished dish but they actually give you the ingredients for you to prepare it at your table. Ingredients: Preparation: Boil three or four regular size potatoes with their skin, then peel them. Cut one or two slices of fresh rocoto […]

Empanada de carne (beef empanada)

Filling ingredients: Dough ingredients: Preparation: Heat the oil in a pot. Add the onion and garlic and cook at medium heat until the onion is translucent. Add the ají amarillo and ají panca, mix well and cook for 2 minutes. Add the meat and salt, cook for 5 minutes, stirring now and then. Add the salt, black pepper, […]