Host a Colombian night
Two tables: an ajiaco lunch, and a bandeja paisa.
A Colombian house does not serve the Bogotá soup and the Paisa platter as one tasting. The bandeja is already a composed feast. The arepa on it is not a second breakfast.
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Ajiaco lunch
Three potatoes, chicken, guascas. Avocado, cream, capers. No bandeja.
Ajiaco is the soup. Finish it at the table. Rice on the side if you want. That is lunch.
The clock
- Simmer chicken and potatoes.
- Guascas late.
- Garnish bar.
Cook these free recipes
- Ajiaco Santafereño — The free Bogotá soup.
Bandeja night
Beans, rice, chicharrón, egg, arepa. The soup pot is cold.
Bandeja paisa is one plate on purpose. Cook the parts, assemble once. Do not open with ajiaco.
The clock
- Beans.
- Rice, meat, egg.
- Arepa on the griddle. Assemble.
Cook these free recipes
- Bandeja Paisa — The free platter.
Set the bowl or the platter in the middle. Find a budare the same way as the pantry — a search, not a single listing that disappears.
Find a budare on Amazon Find guascas on Amazon
When you want the rest of the map — more soups, platters, and the arepa extras — Authentic Colombian Cuisine is the book that keeps the table going. Read how the table is set before people arrive.
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