Peru

One night over dinner we decided that we were going to eat our way around the world, we were going to randomly choose a country and cook as many things as we like from that country. My kids and husband loved the idea.

And this is how we found ourselves in Peru.

Week one, Peru. Now off to google for a little help in trying to find recipes that are from Peru. After a little research we decided to try the following dishes

Salmon and Avocado Ceviche
Simple Peruvian Ceviche
Peruvian Chicken Wings with a Peruvian Green Sauce
Peruvian Alfajores
Peruvian Rice with Duck
Pisco Sour

1. Salmon and Avocado Ceviche: After finding out that Ceviche is the national dish of Peru, I decided I'd start with a ceviche I had made previously with salmon and avocados. This is delicious, it is delicate, it is truly delicious. Simple to make and the flavours so fresh. We loved this dish.

2. Simple Peruvian Ceviche. Now this ceviche I had also previously made. This recipe I found years ago as my husband went fishing and caught some kingfish, and as I don't love it barbecued I stumbled on this recipe and this is how I love to eat kingfish, but you could use any firm white fish fillets. This is different to the ceviche above, it is not as delicate as the salmon one, this one is packed full of flavour, it is tangy, it is tasty.

3. Peruvian Chicken Wings with a Peruvian Green Sauce. Now this recipe, this was an absolute gem of find, this is what this food journey is all about. Finding something you have never tried and loving it. These wings paired with this sauce, perfect. These wings are so tasty, we could not stop eating them. They are super easy to make, and just so good, try stopping at one.

4. Peruvian Alfajores. These biscuits, what to say about these biscuits. These are delicious, they are buttery, they are flaky, they melt in your mouth and they are filled with homemade dulce de leche. Surprisingly they weren't too sweet and are seriously now one of my favourite biscuits.

Now the Peruvian Rice with Duck I didn't add to my website, it was a nice dish, but I would most likely not make it again, and the pisco sour, although I enjoyed it, it was strong and probably not something I would regularly drink.

So overall Peru was a huge success, 4 out of the 6 dishes we tried, we loved.

Now to add a sticker to our world map to show we've 'been' to Peru, who knew this was going to be educational. 

Next stop Japan.