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Duck with raspberry sauce

13 February 2009

Duck breasts cooked in a sauce of butter, raspberry beer, shallots, raspberry puree and cream.

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Dulce de zapallo or candied squash in spiced syrup

11 February 2009

Dulce de zapallo is a dessert made with squash or pumpkin simmered in a syrup of panela or hard brown cane sugar and spices.

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Dulce de higos or fig preserves in syrup

23 September 2008

Dulce de higos are fig preserves cooked slowly in a syrup of panela or brown cane sugar and spices.

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Fanesca ecuatoriana or Ecuadorian Easter soup

17 March 2008

Fanesca is an Ecuadorian soup or stew made only during Easter, it is made with bacalao, squash, fava beans, chochos, corn, peas, porotos or fresh beans, rice, onions, garlic, cumin, achiote, peanuts, milk, cream and cheese.

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Pernil lojano or roasted pork loin

12 March 2008

Pernil is pork marinated in a sauce of bitter orange juice, onion, garlic, achiote, cloves, cinnamon, cumin and panela and slow roasted in the oven for several hours.

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Seco de chivo or braised goat stew

28 February 2008

Seco de chivo is an Ecuadorian goat stew braised in a sauce of garlic, cumin, achiote, oregano, peppers, onions, cilantro, tomatoes, chicha or fermented corn drink, naranjilla or lulo juice, panela and spices.

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