Taste Atlas once again gave a big nod to Chilean cuisine, this time by recognizing the Corn cake like the best dish with olives in the world.
The traditional corn-based cake was above preparations from Greece, France and India.
“It consists of ground beef, chicken, black olives, onions, hard-boiled eggs and a dough made of fresh ground corn called choclo,” the site indicates.
“According to anthropologists, “The dish probably originated from Spanish conquistadors who hired tribal cooks to prepare a meal for them as a reminder of home,” they added.
“The cooks implemented corn dough in a dish similar to empanadas and thus the pastel de choclo was born,” they concluded.
Corn cake stands out again
The list had another highlight from Chile. It’s about the special ones pine empanadas, made with meat, onion, egg, olives and, sometimes, raisins.
This recipe, very popular throughout the year in our country, was placed in fifth place on Taste Atlas, with a rating of 4.2 out of 5.0 maximum.
It should be noted that the same culinary magazine, last week, had ranked corn cake as the second best stew in the world.
Although the position is excellent, this ranking represents the drop of one place from the Chilean team, which in 2023 had obtained first place.
Likewise, at the beginning of May, marraqueta had been recognized as the third best bread in the world.
