Chancaca
 Sopaipillas with and without chancaca sauce | |
| Type | Dessert topping |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | Bolivia, Chile, and Peru |
| Main ingredients | Sugar, honey; usually zest of orange |
Chancaca is a typical Bolivian, Chilean and Peruvian, warm, sweet sauce made of raw unrefined sugar from sugarcane. It is often flavored with orange peel and cinnamon, and is consumed on sopaipillas or picarones.
Chancaca is also a synonym for panela, the unrefined sugar used to make chancaca syrup.[1] Chancaca can be used to prepare chicha de jora, Peruvian maize beer.[2]
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[edit]- ↑ "Chancaca". Retrieved 27 March 2013.
- ↑ Diaz, Alfredo Arroyo (15 November 2018). "Chicha de Jora: History and Preparation of an Emblematic Peruvian Beverage". Peru Rail. Retrieved January 13, 2025.
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