How To Make Argentine Asado Meat Grill Recipe

Ingredients:

• Buy 1 lb. of meat per person
• 1 regular sausage (chorizo)
• 1 black sausage (morcilla)
• 1/2 kidney
• 1 stuffed intestine (chinchulin)
• 1/2 spiced meat covered with a fine membrane (pamplona)
• 1/2 spiced liver, also covered with membrane
• 1/2 provolone cheese

Directions:

1. To start your fire: Buy "espinillo" logs for firewood. 
2. Make sure the logs are hard, dry and thin. 
3. It takes about 6 lbs. of wood for 4 persons. 
4. Place paper (old newspaper), then pine cones, then the firewood in the grate. 
5. If the fire is hard to start, place some meat fat on the wood to burn. 
6. Let it burn until it produces a good quantity of red embers. 
7. Meanwhile, clean the rack by placing over the fire and wiping it with oil. Remove from heat.
8. Place red embers under the rack, then salted meat on the rack and then the rest of the barbeque, washed and pierced on a grill fork on the rack.
9. Place the cheese on an oiled iron pan and sprinkle with oregano. 
10. The cheese should receive more heat, since it will be served first. 
11. When the cheese is brown around the edges, it is done. 
12. Remove from fire and serve with fresh white French bread.
13. All embers are then drawn underneath the meat until it is done. 
14. The meat is done when golden brown on both sides.

How To Make Argentine Beef Stew Recipe

Ingredients:

• 2 pound of beef, cut in bite size cubes
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 large tomatoes, coarsely chopped
• 1 green bell pepper; chopped
• 1 red bell pepper chopped
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 tablespoon oregano
• 2 teaspoon of basil
• 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper (optional)
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 cup of dried apricots, chopped coarsely if whole and large
• 3 medium potatoes, peeled and diced
• 3 sweet potatoes, peeled and diced
• 2 cups of beef broth
• 1 medium large Pumpkin
• butter or margarine; melted
• 1/4 c Dry sherry
• 1 pound of whole kernel corn, drained and/or defrosted

Directions:

1. In the olive oil brown the beef with the onion and garlic. 
2. Add all the remaining ingredients, except the corn, sherry and pumpkin of course. 
3. Simmer for a 1 hour, covered.
4. Cut the top off the pumpkin and discard. 
5. Scoop out the seeds and stringy membrane, and discard them as well. 
6. You could toast the pumpkin seeds in the oven for a snack if you like, but they are not used in this recipe.

How to Make Argentinian Chimichurri Sauce Recipe

Ingredients:

Combine in a jar:

• 1 chopped sweet pepper
• 1 chopped, skinned and seeded tomato
• 1 chopped onion
• 2 chopped garlic cloves
• 2 chopped bay leaves
• 2 tablespoons chopped parsley

Separately mix:

• 1/2 cup oil
• 1 cup vinegar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cracked black peppercorns
• 1 teaspoon oregano

Directions:

1. Combine both mixtures and mix thoroughly.
2. Cover and leave for 12 hours before using.
3. It will keep for several weeks in the refrigerator.

How To Make Argentina Empanadas Recipe

Ingredients:

• 4 cups unbleached flour
• 4 tbsp vegetable shortening
• 1/2 tbsp salt
• 2 onions
• 1 green bell pepper
• 1/2 kg tenderloin
• 1/3 cup seedless raisins
• 1/4 cup green olives, finely chopped
• 1 bunch green onions, minced
• 1 hard-boiled egg, minced
• paprika
• salt
• crushed red pepper

Directions:

1. Finely dice the beef.
2. In a medium-size frying pan, melt 2 tbsp vegetable shortening. 
3. Dice the onion, bell pepper and add to the pan. 
4. Saute over medium heat until the onion starts to turn golden.
5. Add the diced meat.
6. Season to taste with salt, red pepper, and paprika.
7. Saute, stirring occasionally, until the beef turns brown on all sides.
8. Remove the frying pan from the heat. 
9. Mix in the egg, the raisins, the olives, and the green onions. 
10. Allow to cool until it drops to room temperature.

How To Make Argentine Mandioca Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 kg yuca
• ½ kg granulated sugar
• ½ cup shredded coconut
• ½ cup coarsely grated cheese
• 1 tbsp aniseed
• butter
• 1 small bay leaf
• salt

Directions:

1. Peel and grate the yuca into a medium-size bowl. 
2. Add the granulated sugar, the grated coconut, the cheese, and the aniseed. 
3. Mix until you obtain a chunky paste.
4. In a medium-size saucepan, melt a knob of butter over medium-low heat.
5. Place a bay leaf on the bottom of the pot. 
6.  Pour the mixture onto the leaf and cook until the mixture turns a golden brown.
7. Transfer the enyucado onto a greased baking sheet. 
8. Allow it to cool, then cut it into small squares.

How To Make Argetina Sweetbreads Recipe

Ingredients:

• 3 sweetbreads (about 4 pounds)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions:

1. Place sweetbreads on the heated grill.
2. Brush with olive oil.
3. Season with salt and pepper.
4. Cook until done, about 1 hour.

How To Make Argentina Pollo Rio Negro Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 whole chicken, about 2 kg
• lemon juice
• 1 onion, cut up
• 2 carrots, sliced
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 teaspoon rosemary
• salt and pepper
• 1 glass of white wine
• 1 apple, grated
• 1 tablespoon of sugar

Directions:

1. Wash the chicken, cut it in pieces and season well with salt and pepper. 
2. Place in a glass baking dish and add the onin, carrots, bayleaf, rosemary and wine.
3. Cover with foil and place in the fridge to marinate for 24 hours.
4. Roast in the oven, in the same dish covered with the same foil for one hour. 
5. Meanwhile, grate the apple and mix it with the water and sugar. Take off the foil, cover the chicken in the apple mixture and continue cooking for 20 minutes more until the chicken is browned.

How to Make Alfajores, an Argentinean Cookies Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 2 tsp. lemon rind, grated
• 1 1/2 cup cornstarch
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/4 tsp. salt

Directions:

1. Cream butter; add sugar and beat until fluffy. 
2. Add egg and egg yolks, one at a time, beating well. 
3. Beat in vanilla and lemon rind. 
4. Sift together cornstarch, flour, baking powder and salt. 
5. Add to mixture and mix well. 
6. Drop batter by small spoonfuls onto well buttered baking sheet. 
7. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. 
8. Remove immediately. 
9. Sandwich the cookies together with (dulce de leche) sweet milk dessert. 
10. Makes 40 cookies.

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