The wanka-style Christmas dinner, with a turkey in aguaymanto sauce, a baked suckling pig, and a golden chicharrón, are the proposals for the Christmas dinner that yesterday, the cooks of the restaurant Detrás de la Catedral, located in the center of Huancayo, presented .
“We have prepared a table with many inputs and typical dishes from the region to enjoy a Christmas dinner, which is best with a baked suckling pig, eaten with its bread, chancha serrana, mote and green chili,” explained cook Cecilia Infantas.
A pig is a pig that is about 6 months old and is cooked in a traditional oven.
Likewise, they baked a turkey, bathed in a aguaymanto reduction, accompanied with garden rice with baked goose and mashua.
The golden and red chicharrones, the latter seasoned with cooked panca chili and toasted and ground peanuts. The pork chicharrón was prepared in its same lard, with its nickname, native potatoes and Creole sarza with plenty of good herbs.
The pachamanca, cooked in an underground oven, could not be missed and on this occasion it was prepared with guinea pig. As an accompaniment, the traditional corn with cheese.
Warm.
As it is usually cold in Huancayo, the custom at night is to enjoy a “calientito”, which on this occasion was prepared with tea and fruits, but one was also made based on yellow fruits and red fruits, such as prickly pear.
Cecilia Infantas, called on families to choose to prepare a Christmas dinner, based on local products, since its cost is much lower, given that in the Mantaro Valley products such as potatoes, corn, the mashua.
In addition, guinea pigs are raised in many homes and special occasions are expected to cook them.
Toast.
To toast the celebration of Christmas and the New Year 2025, Andean liquor producers Kkinaco del Inca. One of the products on display is the wine-type cherry fermented wine, the chicha de jora distillate and wine, and the 7-seed whiskey. Yesterday Carmen Lozano prepared an Andean sangria and chicha de jora wine. The Kkinaco del Inca brand also prepares cocktails for different companies or families that wish to consume liquors based on fruits from the Junín region. The company produces the liquors in Pumpunya, Chongos Bajo. In Huancayo, it has a location in the San Martín neighborhood.
