All Posts Tagged 'tarta' (5)

For the most part, unless a creature’s got four legs, Argentines aren’t terribly interested in consuming it. So with relatively tasty options such as chicken and fish getting short shrift in Argentine cuisine, you can imagine where that leaves vegetables. Nonetheless,…

Although empanadas tend to steal the show, tartas (savory tarts or pies) are just about the next best thing when you’re craving a combination of flaky dough and hearty filling. What they lack in portability, they make up for in ease of…

Tarta pascualina, a savory spinach pie, enjoys popularity in both Argentina and Uruguay. Italian immigrants who voyaged to South America to gamble on a new life brought with them the recipe for this tasty and filling pie. The tarta pascualina’s origins lie…