Hornado is a traditional Ecuadorian pork dish made by marinating pork in a blend of onion, garlic, orange juice, achiote oil, salt, and cumin before baking. It is commonly served with tortillas, mote, or leather. Chicha is a fermented corn or grain drink that is sweet or slightly bitter. Espumilla is a creamy merengue dessert made from guava pulp, eggs, and sugar.
3. TYPICAL FOOD
Hornado is very common in the Andean region, it is one of the most traditional dish and
is very delicious.
The ingredients are:
Pork meat, onions, ten cloves of garlic, achiote oil, salt and cumin, orange juice.
Preparation:
-Blend the onion and garlic with the orange juice.
-Marinate the pork with salt, cumin, achiote oil, and the previous liquefied.
-Cover the pork with aluminum foil and bake.
You can serve the hornado with tortillas, mote, leather.
4. Typical drink
Chicha is obtained from the nondistilled fermentation of corn
with cereals, quinoa, or rice, and accompained with panela.
The flavor is sweet, sometimes a little bitter.
Ingredients:
Corn, sugar, cinnamon , 10 or 12 cups of water.
5. TYPICAL DESSERT
Espumilla is very delicious and sweet. It is a creamy
merengue, the ingredients are guava pulp, eggs and sugar.
Preparation:
First put the pulp of the guavas with sugar in a container and
mix, then put the egg whites and again mix.