Argentine cuisine — asado, beef, mate, wine, dulce de leche. Italian + Spanish + indigenous influence. World #1 beef quality.
Asado
Asado — sacred ritual. Grilled beef (entraña, chorizo, morcilla, vacío, asado de tira). Sunday family. Chimichurri. Asador (cook) central figure. Red wine.
Beef
Argentina beef world top — pampas, natural grass. 50kg/person/year. Argentine cuts: bife de chorizo, ojo de bife, vacío, lomo. Buenos Aires steakhouses legendary.
Empanadas
Empanadas — national starter. Salteñas (juicy), tucumanas (hand-cut meat), mendocinas (onion). Beef, chicken, ham and cheese, humita.
Milanesa
Milanesa — breaded beef cutlet. Italian heritage. With fries (a caballo with fried egg), napolitana (ham + cheese + tomato), suprema (chicken).
Italian Influence
Argentine pizza (Buenos Aires world top) — fugazzeta, muzzarella, faina. Fresh pasta, gnocchi del 29 (pay day), cakes. Italian gelaterias — dulce de leche.
Dulce de Leche
Dulce de leche — national pride. In pastries (medialunas, vigilantes), alfajores (Havanna, Cachafaz), chocotorta, pancakes. Origin disputed with Uruguay.
Mate and Wine
Mate — national drink, social ritual. Mate herb + hot water + bombilla, shared in round. Mendoza wines — Malbec world. Quilmes, Brahma beer. Fernet with cola Córdoba.