Chocotorta
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| Course | Dessert |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | Argentina |
| Created by | Marité Mabragaña |
| Serving temperature | Cold |
| Main ingredients | Chocolate biscuits soaked in milk or coffee, dulce de leche, cream cheese |
Chocotorta (a portmanteau of "chocolate" and "torta", Spanish for "cake") is a typical no-bake dessert of Argentina that is made with chocolate biscuits or cookies—specifically the Chocolinas brand produced by Bagley—that are soaked with milk or coffee and layered with a mixture of dulce de leche and cream cheese.
History
[edit]The creation of the recipe is attributed to the advertising creative Marité Mabragaña, who around 1982 devised a joint campaign between two brands: Bagley's Chocolinas cookies and Mendicrim cream cheese, then owned by the Mendizábal company.[1] Due to the ease and practicality of its preparation, the chocotorta became a success and over the years has come to be described as Argentina's most popular dessert and a cultural icon of the country, especially associated with birthday celebrations.[2][3] In 2020, TasteAtlas listed chocotorta as the best dessert in the world.[2][3] Despite its ubiquity in Argentine culture, the chocotorta is also known for the rejection it has provoked in several well-known figures of the local gastronomy, who claim that the simple preparation should not be considered a cake nor a representative of national confectionery.[3][4] There is also a coconut biscuit version made with another Bagley's brand, Coquitas, thus known as "Coquitorta".[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Baduel, Graciela (20 June 2024). "La inventora de la chocotorta dice que la receta original lleva vino". Clarín (in Spanish). Buenos Aires. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Chocotorta: la historia y las mejores recetas del emblema argentino que destrozó Paulina Cocina". Clarín (in Spanish). 30 October 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ a b c Chavez, Valeria (30 October 2024). "Tres versiones de la chocotorta, el postre argentino que fue elegido el mejor del mundo" (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Infobae. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "Chocotorta sí o no: una "dulce" polémica". Clarín (in Spanish). 19 August 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2024.
- ^ "Bienvenidos al sitio de Bagley. La mayor empresa de galletas de América del Sur". www.bagley.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-01-11.