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Alfajor
Paulina Cocina presents alfajores de maicena as a classic Argentine sweet for afternoon snacks.
About Alfajor
Paulina Cocina presents alfajores de maicena as a classic Argentine sweet for afternoon snacks. This rendition sandwiches dulce de leche between two small, round biscuits made with cornstarch and wheat flour.
Butter, egg yolks and vanilla essence enrich the biscuit dough. The milk caramel filling brings its characteristic sweetness, while grated coconut is an optional coating around the exposed edge.
The biscuits are baked and cooled before they are paired around the filling. Their pale, delicate rounds enclose a visible band of dulce de leche, giving each alfajor its layered sandwich shape.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat (gluten), Milk, Egg.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Alfajor
Paulina Cocina's classic Argentine alfajores de maicena.
- CornstarchBase
- Wheat flour 0000Base
- SugarSweetener
- ButterCooking medium
- Egg yolksBinder
- Baking powderSeasoning
- Vanilla essenceAromaticIngredient page not linked
- Dulce de lecheFilling
- Grated coconutFinish · Optional
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Cornstarch: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Wheat flour 0000: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Actual24 and related72 explicitly harina de trigo; Wheat positive.
- Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Butter: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Argentine manteca26 conventional butter confirms Milk.
- Egg yolks: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed. Explicit27 confirms Egg.
- Baking powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Vanilla essence: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual29 essence, full formula unknown, not forced extract.
- Dulce de leche: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Conventional milk caramel30 confirms Milk, full prepared formula unknown.
- Grated coconut (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual20/45 explicitly optional edge coating.
Origins & food traditions
Argentina association in the attributed source; no exclusive invention claim.
Countries
- Argentina
- ArgentinaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Argentine Cuisine
- Argentine CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.