🦙The Desserts of Peru🍴

Three of my favorite Peruvian desserts


🥣Arroz con leche and mazamorra

Arroz con leche and Mazamorra

Arroz con leche literally translates to "rice with milk".
It is a rice pudding traditionally served alongside Mazamorra morada, a jelly-like pudding made from Peruvian purple corn and fruit. When paired, the dish is known as combinado.

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🍩Picarones

Picarones

Peruvian donuts served with syrup.
The dough is made from pumpkin and sweet potato while the syrup is made from chancaca, unrefined sugar commonly used in Peru.

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🍦Lucuma ice cream

Lucuma ice cream

Ice cream made from Lucuma, a fruit native to the Andes.
Lucuma looks like an avocado with a yellow-orange flesh but is sweet and has a high fiber content. Many regard it as a "superfruit" due to its health benefits. Its also used in smoothies and many pastries. Lucuma ice cream is sweet and delightful, the best ice cream flavor in my opinion.

Learn more about Lucuma
Coded by Diana Michelson