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ARGENTINIAN CUISINE

Vocabulary:

 Alfajor
 Ambrosía
 Asado
 Carbonada
 Empanadas
 Huevos rellenos
 Locro
 Milanesa
 Picada
 Vitel Toné

A) Read the descriptions and write the names of the dishes. Then, match them to the pictures.

1. A plate with cubes of cheese, pieces of salami, slices of bread, olives, crisps and peanuts.
2. A stew of meat and vegetables. The main ingredients are beef, beans, corn and potato or
pumpkin.
3. A type of egg paste made with sugar and syrup.
4. A type of stew with meat, rice, potatoes and corn. It is sometimes cooked inside a pumpkin.
5. An extremely popular way of cooking meat by grilling on a barbecue.
6. Baked or fried pastries filled with meat or vegetables.
7. Breaded baked or fried slice of beef or chicken.
8. Cold, sliced veal covered with a tuna sauce.
9. Hard-boiled eggs cut in a half and filled with the eggs yolk, mayonnaise and other ingredients.
10. Two biscuits filled with “dulce de leche”.

B) Classify the dishes into the correct columns.

Starters Main Courses Desserts


C) Write a dish which:

1. can be cooked in a pot __________


2. can be cooked on a grill __________
3. can be fried or baked __________
4. can be served in a glass __________
5. is eaten by children during breaks __________
6. is eaten on Christmas __________
7. is eaten while watching football matches __________
8. is made of eggs __________

Recipe: Ground Beef Empanadas

A) Classify the words in the box into the following groups:

bake - brush - cut - egg - fill - garlic - ground beef - oil - olives - pastry sheets - sauté - season

Ingredients:

Cooking verbs:

B) Complete the list of ingredients and the directions.

Ingredients: Directions:

 1 tablespoon of __________ 1. Add vegetable oil in a pan.


 ¼ cup of onions 2. Add the cut onions and heat for 2 minutes.
 ½ pound of __________ 3. Add the ground beef and cook for 4 minutes.
 ¼ cup of __________
4. ______ the olives, raisins, egg, garlic and ______ with salt.
 ¼ cup of raisins
 1 __________ 5. Stir to combine well and remove from the heat.
 1 clove of __________ 6. On a floured surface, roll out a pastry sheet and ______ circles.
 ½ teaspoon of salt 7. ______ each pastry circle with 2 to 3 tablespoons of the meat
 1 package of __________ mixture.
 1 raw egg 8. Seal the edges of the circle together and form a half moon.
9. Place the empanada on a baking sheet and ______ the top with
the raw egg.
10. ______ the empanadas in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes.

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