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Chilean Alfajores:
Ingredients (for ~24 units):
- 5 egg yolks.
- 200 gr flour.
- 150 gr chuño (potato flour).
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder.
- 60 cc orange juice.
- 500 gr manjar.
- coconut (optional).
Pre-preparation:
- In Orlando, FL you can find chuño at 'Fancy Fruits & Produce' on E. Colonial (west of Rouse). If you can't find chuño, cornstarch will do the job.
- You can find manjar at Publix or Walmart. It comes in cans, it's usually next to the condensed milk cans.
Preparation:
- Put the chuño and flour in a large bowl.
- Beat the egg yolks until it starts to take a clearer color.
- Add the yolks and the orange juice (filter seeds and pulp) to the bowl.
- Mix all the ingredients until the mix doesn't stick anymore.
- Flatten the mass in the kitchen table with a rolling pin until it's 2 milimeters thick.
- Cut in circles of 6 cm. of diameter, approx.
- poke the circles through two or three times with a fork.
- Bake on the oven at 180 C (350 F) for 7 minutes top.
- Let it rest for a couple of minutes.
- Form the alfajores by joining in pairs with a scoop of manjar in between.
- Optionally (recommended), sprinkle coconut on the sides.
Argentine Alfajores:
Ingredients (for ~24 units):
- 1 egg.
- 250 gr flour.
- 250 gr cornstarch.
- 160 gr butter (at room temperature).
- 150 gr powdered sugar.
- 1 teaspoon yeast.
- 60 cc water.
- 1 teaspoon vanilla.
- 500 gr manjar.
- 2-3 cooking chocolate bars.
Preparation:
- Beat the butter with the sugar until well mixed.
- Add the vanilla, the egg, and water. Keep beating until well mix.
- Add the flour and cornstarch. Knead until getting a homogeneous mix.
- Wrap the mass in plastic film and put in the freezer for 20 min.
- Flatten the mass in the kitchen table with a rolling pin until it's 4 milimeters thick.
- Cut in circles of 6 cm. of diameter, approx.
- Bake on the oven at 180 C (350 F) for about 6-7 minutes (they should end up soft, not crispy).
- Let it rest for one hour (melt the chocolate in the meantime).
- Form the alfajores by joining in pairs with a scoop of manjar in between.
- Coat the alfajores with the chocolate.
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