What is Pisca Andina?

Traditional Venezuelan breakfast bowl, Pisca Andina is a type of simple cheese potato soup that uses coriander. The most common in the Andes mountain area is said that Pisco Andina offers a warming solution of cold morning. This soup, usually simple, uses several ingredients and is often served with arepas , the type of corn tortilla.

Pisco Andina normally uses a chicken stock or broth for its liquid base, but water can be used instead. Onions, garlic and coriander are added to the spices. Milk and cheese help the soup cream and potatoes add filling cordiality. More complicated recipes will add toastized white bread, chives and red pepper. Sometimes eggs can also be included.

Although the onion is usually cut or chopped, garlic in pisco Andina is always crushed. Crushing garlic can be made with special tools called garlic press or simply with the back of a large spoon. Garlice should be in they before crushing peeling.

so that Pisco Andina cut into sliced, placed in the broth and left to cook until soft. Then the onions and garlic are roasted, usually in butter and are added to the soup. Then the soup is cooked and reduced to thicken it and increase the taste. Once reduced, Pisco Andina must no longer cook and milk and cheese are included. Salt, pepper and coriander are usually added to taste.

Some recipes can simply add all the vegetables and herbs to the broth immediately, allowing everything to cook together. If eggs are included, they are added at the end of the cooking process. The eggs are carefully added so that they do not fall apart and are whole teaspoons to the serving bowls. One egg is usually added to each bowl.

If bread is used, they usually cut into cubes. Once the cube is cut is often roasted in butter. Pieces then in generalStir into soup with milk and cheese.

Cilantro is always included in Pisco Andina , usually to taste. Like milk and cheese, it is added at the end of the cooking process. Although it is often mixed, it can also serve as an ornament and simply placed on the soup once Pisco Andina in individual bowls. Acid cream can also be used as a decoration. Pisco Andina is often served in clay bowls because better heat retention helps keep the soup warm in the cold morning air.