Argentine Recipes & Cookbooks

How to Cook dishes from Argentina

• Chimichurri - A sauce used to cook and marinating many types of meat. It is made from parsley, garlic, dried oregano, paprika and and onion, with salt and pepper, all in olive oil, sometimes with the addition of vinegar or lemon. There are many stories and legends as to the sauce's origins.
  
  
• Parrilla - Grilled meat cooked on a barbecue grill ("Asado").
  
  
• Chorizo - Sausage, mostly made from pork but sometimes also containing beef. It is typically less spicy than the Spanish variety, and is sometimes cooked and served in a bread roll ("choripán").
  
  
• Morcilla - Blood sausage, similar to black pudding. It sometimes eaten inside a bread roll or sandwich ("morcipán").
  
  
• Chinchulines - Cooked intestines (like chitterlings), usually from a calf, but sometimes from a lamb or goat kid.
  
  
• Milanesa - A thin slice of meat (usually beef, but sometimes chicken or veal), dipped in eggs, seasoned, and then covered with breadcrumbs and fried - similar to Austrian cuisine's Wiener schnitzel. It is often eaten with mashed potatoes as "milanesa con papas".
  
  
• Empanadas - Baked or fried pastries usually containing various savory fillings. There are many different varieties, and they vary greatly between Argentine regions. Some typical fillings include chicken, beef, boiled-egg, cheese, ham and cheese, fish, spinach, or humita (sweetcorn with white sauce). There are also dessert varieties, which normally contain fruit fillings.
  
  
  
• Pizza - The Argentine version of pizza. It usually resembles Italian cuisine's calzones, rather than Italian pizzas.
  
  
• Canelones - Cannelloni.
  
  
• Ñoquis - Gnocchi.
  
  
• Ravioles - Ravioli.
  
  
• Tallarines - Fettuccine.

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Argentina Cooks!: Treasured Recipes from the Nine Regions of Argentina (Hippocrene Cookbook Library) By Shirley Lomax Brooks Hippocrene Books Hardcover (320 pages) List Price: $24.95* Lowest New Price: $16.46* Lowest Used Price: $12.47* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 20:23 Pacific 6 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Argentine cuisine is one of the world's best-kept culinary secrets. The country's expansive landscape includes tropical jungles, vast grasslands with sheep and cattle, alpine lakes, and glacier-studded mountains. As a result, a great variety of foods are available-- game, lamb, an incredible assortment of fish and seafood, exotic fruits, and prime quality beef. This cookbook highlights recipes from Argentina's nine regions, including signature recipes from five-star chefs, the author, and other talented home chefs. Inside are sophisticated culinary offerings like Pavita Relleno a la Criolla (Roast Turkey with Persimmon, Sausage, and Jalapeño Stuffing) and Gaspado de Cazador (Game Stew with Wild Rabbit, Partridges, Quail, and Gin), as well as home-style favorites like Gazpacho de Mesopotamia (Raw Vegetables in Chicken Broth and Fresh Lime Juice). The 190 recipes are all adapted for the North American kitchen, and a helpful section on ingredients and techniques ensures that even novice cooks will produce spectacular results. The author's introduction and commentaries throughout the book offer insight into Argentina's landscape, history, traditions, and culture. Complete with b/w photographs and illustrations.

Secret Kitchen: An Argentine Cooking Book By Tammy Creo PublishAmerica Released: 2007-01-29 Paperback (88 pages) List Price: $16.95* Lowest New Price: $19.50* Lowest Used Price: $23.40* *(As of 20:23 Pacific 6 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Product Description: The recipes contained in this book include typical home-style dishes, as well as, some of the most exquisite recipes that you can find at the finest restaurants in Buenos Aires. While Argentina's meat dishes are most popular, and probably most familiar to tourists in Buenos Aires, there is a wide range of delicious recipes served in Argentine households that are completely unfamiliar to most and yet are quite delectable!

Argentine Tango Cuisine By Hector Legrand CreateSpace Paperback (62 pages) List Price: $14.95* Lowest New Price: $11.62* Lowest Used Price: $38.08* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 20:23 Pacific 6 Feb 2012 More Info) Click Here Product Description: What porteño tango dancers drink, cook at home, and order at restaurants. Includes cultural tales, restaurants, cafés, bars, basic Argentine Spanish food related terms, and more…