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Picarones in Peru

29 Jul 2010, Posted by Jennifer Iannolo in travel, videos

http://blip.tv/file/get/Culinarymedia-QuickBitesPeruPicarones644.mp4Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedWhilst I was running amok at Peru’s La Mistura culinary festival, I grabbed Chef Maricel Presilla to help me learn the secrets of picarones, a fried dough dessert that had me addicted from the first bite. Every culture seems to have a fried dough, and that’s as good as street food gets. I thought from Maricel’s description that these were gluten-free, but alas, they do have flour. This presents a fabulous challenge for me to come up with a substitute — I bet tapioca flour would be ideal. Light and fluffy, and…