Recipes
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Ponche de Crema Venezolano: My Mum’s Christmas Recipe (Plus a Quick Version)
Ponche de crema venezolano is what my mum makes for Christmas dinner, and it is the reason she gets most of the praise at the table. It is a Venezuelan Christmas drink, thick and creamy, sweetened with condensed milk and spiked with rum. You pour it cold into small glasses, the way you would a…
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Cachapas Venezolanas: Three Easy Ways to Make Venezuelan Corn Pancakes
Cachapas venezolanas are the reason I have opinions about sweetcorn. Cachapas can be filled with whatever you like, but cheese and butter is the classic, and it is still my favourite, especially when you can get hold of queso de mano to make it properly. A cachapa is a Venezuelan corn pancake, thick and a…
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Chicha Venezolana con Pasta: Yes, You Can Drink Pasta (and It’s Wonderful)
A while back, in my chicha venezolana con arroz post, I admitted something. I told you that most street vendors back home make their chicha with pasta, that it is genuinely delicious, and that I still could not bring myself to make it at home because my brain refuses to stop picturing a blender full…
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Virgin Piña Colada Smoothie — My Accidental 89p Pineapple Rescue
I have a problem, and I suspect I’m not alone in it. I see something in the reduced section — 89p for a whole pineapple, in this case — and I buy it purely because it’s cheap, with zero plan for what I’m actually going to do with it. It then sits on the counter…
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Chicha Venezolana (Creamy Venezuelan Rice Drink): Easy Traditional Recipe
There’s nothing quite like a cold glass of chicha venezolana to bring back childhood memories. Creamy, sweet, and the kind of drink that instantly drops me back into a hot afternoon in Caracas, no matter how grey it is outside my kitchen window in the UK. Most street vendors back home actually make theirs with…
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Mini Pancake-Style Banana Mini Muffins
There’s always one banana. The other four get eaten happily enough, and then there’s the single straggler going steadily browner on the counter while everyone pretends not to notice. These mini muffins exist almost entirely to deal with that banana, and they tend to disappear just as fast as the rest of the bunch did….
