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Typical Peruvian Starter & Appetizer

A starter is a good way to introduce you to a great Peruvian meal. Unheard of in Peru until the 17th century, most Peruvian starters today often replace a full meal or are also eaten as a small lunch or snack. Below find some appetizers characteristic for the art of cooking in Lima and on the central coast of Peru.

Peruvian Ceviche (Cebiche)

Typical Peruvian Starter & Appetizer
 
Ceviche, also spelled Cebiche, is not only one of the most popular dishes in Peru and the pride and joy of all Peruvians, but as well the Peruvian National Dish with its very own National Day. A refreshing and light must-eat full of Peruvian flavor!

Peruvian Tiradito

Typical Peruvian Starter & Appetizer
 
Peruvian Tiradito, one of the most popular and characteristic Japanese-Peruvian fusion dishes, represents like no other the unique combination of different cultures, traditions and flavors that is so characteristic for today’s Peruvian cuisine

Peruvian Anticuchos

Typical Peruvian Starter & Appetizer
 
Foodwise it doesn’t get any more Peruvian than eating Anticuchos on the street. The spicy skewers – traditionally prepared with beef hearts – marinated in a mixture of aji panca, lime juice and / or vinegar, garlic, cumin, salt and pepper and grilled over open fire are deeply engraved in the culinary soul of every Peruvian and part of Peru’s gas…

Causa Limeña

Typical Peruvian Starter & Appetizer
 
Without the traditional Causa, summer in Lima is not the same. For Limeños there is no other food on a hot summer day more popular and refreshing than Causa.

Papas a la Huancaina

Typical Peruvian Starter & Appetizer
 
It hardly gets any more Peruvian on the dining table than enjoying the simplicity and fresh local flavors of Papas a la Huancaina.

Tequeños

Typical Peruvian Starter & Appetizer
 
Tequeños are known in all Latin America. In Peru, they are very popular as starter, light lunch or small snack in the evening at a bar accompanying a Pisco or beer. You find them on every menu in restaurants and no party goes without them.

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