Craving the warming cuisine of Chile and Argentina, we turned this week's menu planning over to an expert: Sisha Ortúzar, chef of Riverpark and a native of Chile. Here's his take on a leisurely Sunday lunch:This is the type of meal you would have with your family on a Sunday afternoon in Chile, where I'm from. You start off with some snacks, like
matambre and empanadas, accompanied by pisco sours. Then move on to a leisurely lunch served family-style, that goes on for a few hours, with copious amounts of wine and finished with a little sweet like
alfajores, a common treat in Chile and Argentina first introduced by Catholic nuns from Spain. After lunch you would retire to watch the
futbol game, followed by a siesta. As the afternoon wears off and when hunger starts creeping in again you have "onces," a light meal before dinner. I suggest a post-siesta snack of
kuchen de frambuesa, a raspberry cream cake indicative of the German influence on the region's food, (which is especially apparent in some of the pastries). A slice of
kuchen and a cup of tea is always the right combination for waking up from siesta, before you start thinking about dinner.
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