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Colombian Pantry Essentials

Colombian cooking blends Andean, Caribbean, and Amazonian influences — golden potatoes, natural panela sugar, and tropical fruits found nowhere else

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Colombian cooking blends Andean, Caribbean, and Amazonian influences — golden potatoes, natural panela sugar, and tropical fruits found nowhere else
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Papa Criolla
Papa Criolla
Colombia's small golden potato, prized for its rich texture in soups like ajiaco
Panela
Panela
Unrefined whole cane sugar, a natural sweetener used throughout Colombian cooking and drinks
Lulo Fruit
Lulo Fruit
A tart, vibrant Colombian fruit, also known as naranjilla, popular in juices
Hogao
Hogao
A cornerstone tomato[H]and[H]onion sauce that flavors much of everyday Colombian cooking
Chontaduro
Chontaduro
A distinctive Amazonian palm fruit enjoyed across Colombia for its rich, nutty flesh
Guascas
Guascas
The herb that makes ajiaco taste like ajiaco, used dried across the Andes.
Harina PAN
Harina PAN
Precooked cornmeal, the flour behind every arepa and empanada.

A Guide to Colombian Ingredients

A Colombian pantry is built around corn, potatoes, plantains and sugar. Papa criolla is the small yellow potato that thickens ajiaco, panela is unrefined cane sugar that sweetens everything from aguapanela to desserts, and hogao is the tomato-and-scallion sauce spooned over arepas, rice and beans. Lulo and chontaduro are the fruits you will only find here, and Colombian coffee needs no introduction.

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