Chile

By: Austin Lewis

Imports
Being along the coast chile isn't in much need of
food imports. It makes up about 17% of all chilean
imports.
Imports graph
Exports
Chiles main exported food is
sea food. With its 2,670 mile
coast line, getting fish and
other aquatic foods are rather
easy. F
Another big export are fruits
such as bananas and grapes.
Exports
Common dish
Typical meals in Chile consist
mainly of lots of meat,
especially beef and chicken,
rice and potatoes, fresh fruit
and vegetables from the fields
of Central Chile. Even though
seafood could be the common
daily meal in Chile with its long
coastline, it is not.
More dishes
Arrollado de Chancho - Chunks of pork wrapped in pork fat
smothered in red aj (chili).
Bistec a lo pobre - beefsteak, French fries, fried onions,
topped with a couple of fried eggs.
Carbonada - meat soup with finely diced beef and all kinds
of vegetables such as potatoes, onions, carrots, broccoli,
green pepper and parsley.
Chancho en Piedra - a typical Chilean seasoning.
Tomatoes, garlic, and onions grounded together in a stone.
Ensalada a la Chilena - sliced tomatoes and onions with an oil dressing.
Humitas - boiled corn leaf rolls filled with seasoned ground corn.
Milcaos - grated raw potato squeezed until dry then added to minced
cooked potatoes and flattened to a bread-like form then baked or fried.
This is one of the ingredients that can be found in a typical curanto.
Palta Reina - an avocado half which is filled with tuna fish or ham and
covered with mayonnaise. It is served on lettuce leaves, normally as an
entree.
Parrillada - different kinds of meat, sausages and sometimes entrails
grilled over charcoal and served with potato salad or rice.
Pastel de Choclo - a typical Chilean summer dish. Ground corn and meat,
chopped onions small pieces of chicken, pieces of hard boiled egg, olive raisins
- baked in clay or regular oven. Similar to a shepherd pie.
Pebre - seasoning of tomatoes with chopped onion, chili, coriander, and chives.
Usually served in a little clay dish.
Pernil - boiled whole hock (ham).
Pollo Arvejado - Chicken served with peas, onion and sliced carrots.
Porotos Granados - fresh bean dish with ground corn and pieces of pumpkin
served hot.
Prietas - Blood sausages.
Sopaipilla - a flat circular deep fried 'bread' made of pumpkin and flour.
Essential kitchen tools
Commonly found in a chilean
kitchen is a tostadar. It's used
to cook bread and excellent for
rice as we'll .
Kitchen tools
A colander is another big
utensil used in chile. Not only is
it used to drain things like rice
but also used to crush peppers
for their juices to mix into meals
or other fruits and vegetables.
Curanto
One of the biggest traditional or
religious meals in Chile is
Curanto. This is a stew that
includes vegetables,chicken,
lamb, pork, beef, and seafood.
Desserts
Tres leches translates as three
milks in English, and refers to
the three different kinds of milk
in which the sponge is soaked
(whole milk, evaporated milk
and condensed milk). After
soaking in this mixture, the light
and fluffy sponge takes on a
melt-in-your-mouth texture,
complemented by a light toffee
sauce
hirimoya alegre
The chirimoya, or custard apple, is just one of
Chiles delicious summer fruits. The fruit takes its
English name from its creamy texture and sweet
flesh, for which it is sometimes also known as the
ice cream fruit. Chopped and combined with a
splash of freshly squeezed acidic orange juice,
this perfectly balanced fruit salad is a light and
refreshing summertime dessert.
Brazo de reina
This traditional dessert is the Chilean cousin of the Swiss
roll. The main difference is that the brazo de reina is
usually filled with manjar, a kind of caramelized
condensed milk that pops up in many of Chiles desserts.
Although manjar is the traditional filling, crme ptissire,
chocolate cream and fruit jam are also used.

Videos
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=th8_zzxxCT0
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh8aheTpiW4
Works cited
http://www.southamerica.cl/Chile/Food.htm

https://www.cascada.travel/News/Top-10-
Chilean-Desserts-and-Sweets