What is Bizcocho?
Bizcocho is a Spanish word that has different meanings in different Spanish -speaking countries. In most countries, the type of food is referred to, but Bizcocho can have vulgar importance in some regions. The word concerns various breads in most countries. It can also apply to several types of cookies and the word means cake in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.
pastries that are collectively known as Bizcocho come in a wide range of styles and flavors and can be found in most Latin American panaderies or bakeries, especially in Uruguay and Argentina. Some are scaly breads similar to the Croissans. Others are filled with pastries - fillings can be sweet or salty. Spicy pastries often have cheese or meat as filling. dulce de leche , thick sweet caramel sauce and dulce de membrillo or quince, are popular for sweet pastries.
Earth in South and Central America usually has their own specific pastries known as Bizcocho. AfterThe Pular variety in Uruguay and Argentina is known as alphajores de Maizcena , small cakes similar to biscuits made with corn starch. Two of the cakes are filled with Dulce de Leche and rolled in coconut flakes to form alphajores.
Costa Rica is the usual bizcocho is a spicy version. It is made of corn flour, also called meat , with cheese and spices. The dough is created in the rings and is traditionally baked in clay furnaces. These Bizcocho pastries have a crispy texture after baking.
Some types of cookies are also known as Bizcochos. Poluvorones are in Latin America and Spain consumed cookies. They are made as typical biscuits with butter, flour, sugar and eggs and are usually flavored.
ojitos, which literally means "small eyes", are popular Bizcochos in Uruguay. They are also a short short postcookia -like reading, but have a sweet filling, usualLe made of quince. Ojitos is sometimes also produced in chocolate taste.
Although pastel means cake in most Spanish -speaking countries, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic more often use Bizcocho. The word often refers to a popular or traditional type of cake in every country. In Puerto Rico there is a sweet mushroom cake with a rich sauce containing condensed milk and evaporated milk and should pour the cream on it - type tres leches or three milk, cake. The word often refers to a gentle cake with a fruit filling and a top -based cake in Uruguay.