Argentinean cuisine is unique, it has collected almost all national traditions. Argentine cuisine is represented by recipes that many immigrants from other countries brought to Argentina, especially many European recipes. In this country, European cooking has manifested itself much more actively than in other Latin American countries. This applies in the first place to the recipes of dishes, as well as ways of serving the table and the features of their presentation.
Very popular cooking on the grill. Dishes cooked on the grill have become familiar and they are eaten almost everywhere in the territory of Argentina. They are served in small restaurants "parilyada", located literally at every step.
The best dishes of Argentinian cuisine
Argentine cuisine is full of vegetable dishes. Vegetables in it are an indispensable side dish for meat, but they are also ingredients of very sophisticated and delicious dishes. In Argentina, salads are very fond of, but unlike the usual ones, not just a mixture of vegetables with mayonnaise or butter, Argentine salads are made up of hearty animal products, such as sausages, eggs, fish and seafood.
The national dishes of Argentina can be called the famous cold soup "gazpacho", as well as a stew of vegetables "saltado".Gazpacho is so famous throughout Latin America that all its countries are constantly arguing about the primacy of its invention. The main constituents of gazpacho soup are cucumbers and tomatoes.
Vegetable purees, fried potatoes, all kinds of pizzas, which can not be imagined without vegetables, are very popular in the Argentine cuisine.
Meat and fish - the basis of the national cuisine of Argentina
In Argentina, they are very fond of beef, this meat is also considered a national product, and it is used for meat rolls, chops, meat with blood, beef stew, fried and baked. In addition to the classic national dishes in the Argentine cuisine, there are also exotic dishes. To them it is possible to rank meat nandu, stewed battleship, roast from bull tails, fried meat of Argentine rodent whiskey.
On the coast of Argentina, fishermen fish and produce all kinds of seafood. World-famous shrimp, squid, oysters, trout and eel are caught off the coast of this country. Argentines eat a lot of fish, they prefer it in all conceivable types - boiled, fried, braised, dried, marinated.
Desserts and drinks
Desserts in Argentinean cuisine are similar to desserts from other Latin American countries. This is often fruit, sometimes candied, nuts fried in sugar, fruit pies, ice cream.
Of drinks, Argentines honor their favorite tea mate, and of course, coffee. He is brought into the country from Brazil and Colombia. Alcoholic Argentina is represented by a popular and very tasty wine, especially red wine. Argentine wines have received the widest fame throughout the world, except for wines there treat guests to gin and whiskey, which are also made by local winemakers.
Argentina's cuisine is extremely diverse, but its traditions are rooted in antiquity. They are revered today, the introduction of foreign culinary traditions does not affect the uniqueness of Argentinian cuisine.