Best desserts of our 2020 South American trip
To
wrap things up with the ‘Best of our 2020 South American trip’ series (there
were drinks and animals and savoury treats… and roads –in Romanian–), here’s
the sweetest post of the bunch.
Some
of you may know that I am crazy in love with desserts and I started blogging about them at the end of last year… so, this is totally my scene!
Also,
it’s May 1st – usually a time of celebration around the world. I
wonder… which of these 15 sweet treats would you choose?
We’ve
got…
Fruity
Our first açaí
Why? We’ve had açaís before in
Brazil, but the new ingredient we’ve tried in them – powdered milk – made our
day. (The one in the picture is actually our last açaí, from Guarulhos; you can
see the leite ninho; this one was
also very tasty.)
The breakfasts in ‘Small
Italy’
Why? Every morning, we were spoiled.
Grape juice, homemade cakes, and fruits… oh… you’ve not tried papaya until you’ve
tried it in Brazil.
Non-stop breakfast?
Why? While it does serve lunch and
dinner dishes, too, breakfast –in its non-classic meaning (cakes, buns,
delicious fruit juices)- can be served there 24/7.
Sweet
Guava lava cake
Why? This very innovative restaurant
served quite the dessert: a guava lava cake. Very flavourful choice.
Where? San Miguel,
Argentina
Why? It’s not because it’s
my close friend Nuria’s pastry business. It’s because she is very talented and
her bakes are yum-yum-yum. Our main reason behind our return to Argentina was
visiting our friends and during one evening, we simply enjoyed a talk on how
she started to bake and she showed me her first cookbooks. ♥ Follow her for a
ton of creativity.
Wine sorbetto
Where? Cafayate, Argentina -> Heladeria Miranda
Why? Have you ever tried
a wine sorbetto? The owner's husband started making them from Torrontés wine. One
of the best desserts of my life!
Raspberry cake
Why? This cake, the
overall vibe of the place, its owner, and the raspberry smoothies made me
return the following day for more.
Welsh cakes
Where? Gaiman,
Argentina -> Ty Te Caerdydd
Why? We went there to have
tea, Welsh-style, and were very casually dressed, but changed our mind when we
saw the full-menu price and the people inside. ‘Tortas?’ was the next question. The hostess seemed relieved, we
bought half a kilo of cakes and they were… wow! Win-win!
Aaaah, the cupuaçu
ice cream!
Why? Cupuaçu (a cocoa
relative) was on my must-try list. The ice cream was extraordinary in itself, cutely
accompanied by a mix of nuts and seeds and a small bolo.
Turkish dessert
Why? Back to amazing
Turkish desserts (stopover). I struggled to find out this name’s dessert, and it turns out
I’ll be cooking Supangle tomorrow. I can still recall its taste. Chocolate –
pistachio – melting-in-the-mouth taste.
Argentinean
desserts
Dulce de leche
Where? All across
Argentina
Why? Dulce de leche is the base. The staple. The dream. It
comes with everything and can go with everything. I am in love with dulce de
leche!!
Conitos
Where? All across Argentina
(just
ask at stores)
Why? Our dear friends Nuria
and Telemaco taught us how good these conitos
filled with dulce de leche are! I got
hooked.
Rogel
Why? Nuria would make and post her
version of Rogel on Instagram and would drive me wild. So, I couldn’t leave
Argentina without tasting any Rogel. … It lived up to my expectations.
Gas station dessert
Where? Salta, Argentina -> Gas station (I don’t remember its name or
location, unfortunately)
Why? Argentinean desserts are so
extraordinary that you can find a glorious one – this one was a combination of
dark chocolate and dulce de leche [I’m
drooling at this point] – even at a gas station.
Alfajores
Where? All across Argentina
Why? Do you know what alfajores are? They're cookie sandwiches
mainly filled with dulce de leche. We
had them in Uruguay and Chile... but our favourite alfajores were in Argentina.
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