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Bolivia

Ask what Bolivia eats and the answer starts with this: high-altitude hearty: peanut soups, chuño potatoes, fiery llajwa, juicy salteñas and lowland rice dishes. Look for Salteña (baked juicy empanada of stewed meat in sweet-spicy gravy; mid-morning ritual), Pique macho (beef chunks and sausage over fries with chilies and egg, Cochabamba) and Sopa de maní (creamy peanut soup topped with shoestring fries). Named for Salta; tradition credits the Argentine writer Juana Manuela Gorriti, exiled in Tarija in the 1800s, with selling the juicy baked pastries. This atlas has 39 Bolivia dishes catalogued below, from everyday cooking to food kept for festivals and special occasions.

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  • Tucumana

    Fried empanada of beef, potato and egg, sold with sauces. Ready in 1 hour prep and 30 minutes cooking. 12…

  • Tunta

    White freeze-dried potato, soaked in water for weeks then sun-bleached. A fermented & pickled recipe from Bolivia.

  • Yungueño

    Singani shaken with orange juice and sugar, served cold. Ready in 5 minutes prep and none cooking. 2 glasses. A…

  • Pique macho

    Beef chunks and sausage over fries with chilies and egg, Cochabamba. Ready in 30 min prep and 40 min cooking.…

  • Sándwich de chola

    Crusty marraqueta filled with roast pork, pickled onion and hot llajwa. Ready in 30 min plus overnight marinating prep and…

  • Salteña

    Baked juicy empanada of stewed meat in sweet-spicy gravy; mid-morning ritual. Ready in 1 hr plus overnight setting prep and…

  • Silpancho

    Thin breaded beef over rice and potatoes with fried egg, Cochabamba. Ready in 35 min prep and 40 min cooking.…

  • Singani

    Aromatic brandy distilled from high-altitude Muscat of Alexandria grapes. Ready in 5 min prep and Harvest to bottle, about 6…

  • Sopa de maní

    Creamy peanut soup topped with shoestring fries. Ready in 30 min prep and 1 hr 30 min cooking. 6 servings.…