Tag: dessert

Every October in Peru the streets of Lima fill with purple processions and the air with the aroma of a uniquely Peruvian sweet: Turrón de Doña Pepa. This layered, anise-scented nougat—built from baked strips of a buttery dough, drenched in a fruity chancaca (raw sugar) syrup and showered with colorful sprinkles—has become inseparable from the…