What about Alfajor?
Alfajor is a type of cookie commonly found in South American countries and Spain. Spanish Alfajor, although the same name, is quite different from Alfajores of South America. Spanish Alfajor is a pastry made of honey, almonds and spices and is usually consumed during Christmas. South American Alfajores are produced with layers of cookies or confectionery similar to cakes, most often with two layers, between which some or other filling occurs.
The filling in the middle is what Alfajor Alfajor does. In fact, the word alphajor is derived from the Arab word, which means filled or filled . As its etymological roots indicate, Alfajor confectionery originated in the Middle East. It is assumed that Alfajor was brought from the Middle East to the Iberian Peninsula and from there to South America. Alfajor has been very popular in South America since the mid -20th century, especially the exit of Argentina and Uruguay. Alfajor is also particularly popular in Peru, but can be found in Ecuador, ParaGuayi and Brazil.
The most common type of South American Alfajor is made with two white grinding cookies associated with Dulce de Leche. Other fillings include jam, chocolate or filling called Manjar Blanco , which is made of milk and similar to Dulce de Leche, but instead of caramel coloring is white. In some alphajores is a layer of cookie or chocolate cake.
Alfajor may be bare, or have a powder, chocolate, white chocolate coating. Another coating found on many Alfajores is the meringue, crispy sugar coating and egg whites. This type of coating is known as "snow coating" because it looks like the white peaks of snow. Afajor with a meringue cover is called "Alfajor de Nieve", which means Snow alphay or. When Alfajor does not have a coating, it will often be rolled in coconut shavings that stick to the sticky filling of Dulce de Leche and prevent filling in the whole place.
"alfahorTriple "is Alfajor, which is double layered, with the third cookie in the middle. One of the very popular and widely known manufacturer Alfajores is Havanna. Havanna shops offer alphajores in traditional flavors, including typical" black alphajores "covered in dark chocolate and" White Alfajores " chocolate. Other more creative combinations include peanuts and walnuts.