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Colombia

Colombia’s food is built around andean-Caribbean cooking of arepas, hearty highland soups, coconut coastal rice and abundant fried snacks with tropical fruit drinks. Look for Bandeja paisa (platter of beans, rice, chicharrón, ground beef, chorizo, fried egg, avocado, arepa), Ajiaco (bogotá chicken soup of three potatoes, corn and guascas, with capers, cream) and Arepa (griddled corn cakes eaten daily with cheese, butter or egg). Descends from the fiambre carried by Antioquian muleteers; Medellin restaurants standardised the loaded platter in the mid-20th century. This atlas has 53 Colombia dishes catalogued below, from everyday cooking to food kept for festivals and special occasions.

53 dishes.

Mote de quesoMote de quesoCosteño soup of ñame yam with melting salty cheeseNatillaNatillaSet custard of milk, panela and cornstarch, eaten with bunuelosObleasObleasThin wafers sandwiching arequipe, cheese or jam; plaza sweetPandebonoPandebonoChewy cassava-and-cheese bread from Valle del Cauca, best oven-freshPataconesPataconesTwice-fried green plantain discs with salt, cheese or hogaoQueso campesinoQueso campesinoFresh unsalted curd cheese, dropped into hot chocolate until it meltsQueso costeñoQueso costeñoSalty pressed white cheese, crumbled over arepas and rice or eaten friedQueso PaipaQueso PaipaSemi-hard ripened cow's cheese with a firm rind, from BoyacaRefajoRefajoBeer mixed with Colombiana cream soda, cookout stapleRellenaRellenaBlood sausage packed with rice, peas and herbs, fried in thick slicesRon Viejo de CaldasRon Viejo de CaldasOak-aged sugarcane rum from the coffee belt, sipped neat or with sodaSabajónSabajónCreamy liqueur of egg yolks, milk and aguardiente, poured at ChristmasSalpicónSalpicónChopped fruit in watermelon juice or soda, eaten with a spoonSancochoSancochoHearty stew of chicken or fish with plantain, yuca and cornSuero costeñoSuero costeñoTangy soured cream spooned over arepas, yuca and mote de quesoTamal tolimenseTamal tolimenseRice, pork, chicken and vegetables steamed in plantain leaves; weekend breakfastTintoTintoSmall cup of sweetened black coffee, poured from thermoses on every street

  • Buñuelos

    Golden fried cheese-dough balls, a Christmas favorite. Ready in 25 min prep and 30 min cooking. 20 buñuelos. A snack…

  • Butifarra soledeña

    Small spiced pork-and-beef balls in casing, boiled and eaten with lime. Ready in 45 min prep and 45 min cooking.…

  • Cazuela de mariscos

    Creamy coconut-milk seafood casserole from the Caribbean coast. Ready in 40 min prep and 45 min cooking. 6 servings. A…

  • Champús

    Cold maize drink with lulo, pineapple, panela, clove and cinnamon. Ready in 20 min prep and 2 hr 20 min…

  • Changua

    Bogotá milk-and-egg soup with spring onions, coriander and stale bread. Ready in 10 min prep and 15 min cooking. 4…

  • Chicha

    Lightly fermented maize beer poured from clay jars in Bogota chicherias. A wine & spirit recipe from Colombia.

  • Cholado

    Cali shaved ice piled with fruit, condensed milk, blackberry syrup. 20 min to prepare. 4 cups. A dessert recipe from…

  • Chocolate santafereño

    Hot chocolate served with cheese dropped in to melt, plus bread. Ready in 5 min prep and 15 min cooking.…

  • Chorizo santarrosano

    Fat pork sausage with spring onion, grilled and served with arepa and lime. Ready in 40 min prep and 25…

  • Chunchullo

    Grilled small intestine, crisp outside, eaten with lime and aji. Ready in 1 hr 30 min prep and 1 hr…