Goodbye Lima.

Remember about 2.7 Soles for American dollar, at this date: November 4, 2011.

German copy-cat pasta.
I copied this recipe from a German couple in Cuzco, thanks guys… We spent 5 Soles in a beer to complement the dish. The dish was completely within our budget. We are trying to get good at making different pastas, less pasta more of the other ingredients.

Ingredients:
Pasta
Spinach
Cheese
Hot peppers
Garlic
Onions
Olive oil
Salt

Preparation:
1) Cook the pasta.
2) Blanch the spinach.
3) Cut the cheese in cubes.
4) Fry garlic, onions and hot peppers.
5) Add all the fried ingredients to the pasta. Salt to taste.
6) Serve pasta with spinach and cheese on top.
7) Enjoy with beer!!!





Maracuya juice.
The main producing country of maracuya is Brazil, followed by Venezuela, Colombia and the rest of the tropical countries. The fruit is also known as Passion fruit.
It is made mainly of water, almost 1/3 parts of its weight. It is good to achieve healthy hair and for skin care, as well as for eyesight and the immunologic system, since it is rich in vitamins and minerals (Potassium, Phosphorus and Magnesium); Vitamin C, pro-vitamin A or Beta-Carotenes.
It is highly recommended to people who like to keep fit because of its low caloric values; besides it is good for constipation due to the fact that the fruit is rich in fibres.
However, every time we had the juice our mouth felt like we had pieces of glass in it and became sore. After few days we got used to the feeling. The flavour is great!!!
Thanks Hitchhikers Hostel for the free juice every morning.




Chocotejas.
Tejas are a traditional candy from Ica, South of Lima. The chocotejas are like a spin-off, where the sugar cover has been replaced with a chocolate cover. The filling can be made out of prunes, coconut, membrillo, etc… I can tell you they are delicious!
Price 2.5 Soles each.





Hitchhikers 3 course meal.
This meal was fantastic, we tried to copy Carmelo’s recipe but it will never be the same. We had some pasta, BBQ pork ribs and chicken hearts and finished with a fantastic dessert. Everything for 29 Soles… out of our budget yes, but we had leftovers for another day and besides Brian needs food to recover from his accident.

Ingredients:
Pasta
Cheese
Hot peppers
Garlic
Onions
Zucchini
Tomatoes
Olive oil
Salt
Pork ribs
Chicken hearts
BBQ sauce

Preparation:
1) First place the pork ribs and chicken hearts in a pot with water and boil them.
2) Once boiled cover with BBQ sauce and put in another container in the oven for about 1.5 hours.
3) Fry the onions, garlic and hot peppers. Then add the zucchini in cubes, cook for few minutes and finally add the tomatoes in cubes also. Adding the tomatoes at the end allows for less water in the mix and more flavour of the tomatoes. Salt to taste.
4) Mix the pasta with the fried vegetables and serve with cheese.
5) Serve one dish at the time so you can enjoy slowly. It took us 2 hours to eat this time…