“ROOTS OF CHILOÉ: CULINARY EXPERIENCE” TOUR.

CAFÉ CHILOTE, (coffee, bread and field eggs).

Chiloé's gastronomy originated from the fusion of dishes and ingredients from Mapuche cuisine with Spanish cuisine and has subsequently received influences from Chilean and Argentine cuisine, to which it has also contributed with various recipes. One of its outstanding features is the extensive use of potatoes as the main ingredient in almost all its dishes, which are prepared grated and mixed with flour or ground potatoes and for each dish there is an ideal variety for its flavor or consistency.

In addition, the seafood and fish that inhabit the interior sea and the meat of the pigs, lambs and cattle that are raised in the field are used. The varieties of apples, coming from Asturias and Galicia, are small and usually very sweet and sour; they are used to make apple chicha, empanadas and jams.

Due to its geographical proximity and common history with the province of Chiloé, this cuisine is also traditional in the coastal areas of the current provinces of Llanquihue and Palena. The subsequent migrations of chilotes from the middle of the 19th century also brought these preparations to the regions of Aysén and Magallanes, in Chilean Patagonia.

Itinerary

• Our experience begins with a visit to the Castro Peasant Fair to enjoy a Chilote Coffee.

• We will visit the fair talking with the tenants who will explain their products to us, from seaweed to homemade jams.

• Then we will go to Llicaldad to visit a local field and its organic crops, the basis of the Chiloe diet.

• Later, we will have lunch at Travesía restaurant, where its chef and owner Lorna Muñoz will open her kitchen and teach us how to prepare her best recipes.

• Together with Renato Cardenas, the restaurant's co-owner and gastronomic historian, we will spend the afternoon enjoying mistelas and bajatives where we will learn about the evolution of cuisine in Chiloé.

• Finally, we will deliver the book 'Chiloé counted from the kitchen', signed and told by its creators.

• Return to Castro.

Includes

• Guide service in Spanish, English.
• Lunch.
• Transfers.

Does not include

• Professional guide in French, German and Italian languages. If you want a guide in these languages, it is done by request and an extra charge must be paid.