Desserts from Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is a cafe city. People linger for hours over a small coffee, and there is almost always something sweet on the saucer next to it.
What to bake from Buenos Aires
Where the sweet things are in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires runs on dulce de leche, and its favorite way to eat it is in an alfajor, a soft cookie sandwich sold on nearly every corner.
Bakeries sell facturas, little pastries filled with dulce de leche or quince paste, by the dozen for breakfast and afternoon snacks. Ice cream shops stay open late, and dulce de leche is always on the menu there too.
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Questions about desserts from Buenos Aires
What is dulce de leche?
Milk and sugar cooked slowly until thick, golden and caramel-like. In Argentina it goes in cookies, cakes, pastries and straight onto a spoon.
Are there different kinds of alfajores?
Plenty. Some are dipped in dark or white chocolate, some are glazed with sugar, and the homemade kind is made with cornstarch and rolled in coconut.
