Sequilhos take their name from the Portuguese word for dry—seco—which describes their texture accurately. They are crumbly, light cornstarch cookies that dissolve quickly, earning them the nickname derrete na boca, or melts in the mouth. Made from cornstarch, butter, condensed milk, eggs, and vanilla, the dough is stiff enough to roll into balls by hand, […]

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Turrón de Doña Pepa is named after Josefa Marmanillo, an enslaved Afro-Peruvian woman known as Doña Pepa, who according to tradition created the recipe in the eighteenth century after being miraculously cured of paralysis through her devotion to Señor de los Milagros — the Lord of Miracles, the most venerated religious image in Peru. In […]

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