A Taste of Peru
8 May 2009
Slow Food Corvallis members met on 8 May 2009 at the Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center for a Peruvian cooking lesson/meal. There were 16 participants led by a student from OSU and participant in the International Culture Service Program.
After getting us started by making some Pisco Sour (Acholado) drinks in the blender, the class leader helped us to prepare three traditional Peruvian dishes: Causa Rellena, a first course consisting of two layers of potatoes and beets and another of chicken, avocados, hard-boiled eggs, and peppers; a main course of Lomo Saltado, or sauté of beef tenderloin with onions and tomatoes accompanied by double fried potatoes and rice with corn; and for dessert, Alfajores, cookies made from corn flour and filled with Dulce de Leche and rolled in grated coconut.
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- Bill Hohenboken, Laura Morrison, and Tom Lavano making double fried potatoes.
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- Christina Reimer fried potatoes all night!
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- Participants Joan Gross, Ann Shriver, Barbara Loeb, Barb Thompson, and others gathered in the kitchen of the Multicultural Center.
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- Linda Hohenboken enjoying the aperitif course.
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- Marilyn Henderson applying angostura bitters.
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- High school boys can totally cook!
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- The causa rellenas tasted as good as they looked!
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- Joan Gross layering beets, potatoes, chicken, avocados and peppers in a causa rellena.
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- The entire meal was completely convivial and entirely delicious!
