¡Hoy es sábado sabroso! (Today is savory Saturday!)
La fecha es el veintiocho (28) de octubre del año dos mil veintitrés. (The date is October 28, 2023.)
El plato de la semana es: fanesca. (The dish of the week is: fanesca.)
Fanesca is a special soup that is prepared yearly in Ecuador during Easter. It includes fish, various legumes and vegetables, cream, and cheese. Fanesca is traditionally served with hard-boiled egg slices, marinated onions, fried plantains, empanadas, hot sauce, hot peppers, avocado, and slices of queso fresco.
Para preparar la fanesca necesitamos: (To prepare fanesca, we need:)
| bacalao seco | (dried salt cod) |
| sambo | (sambo squash) |
| zapallo | (zapallo squash) |
| col | (cabbage) |
| habas | (fava beans) |
| choclo | (corn) |
| arvejas | (green peas) |
| habitas blancas | (lima beans) |
| alubias | (white beans) |
| chochos | (chocho beans) |
| arroz cocinado | (cooked rice) |
| mantequilla | (butter) |
| achiote | (annatto) |
| comino | (cumin) |
| orégano | (oregano) |
| pimienta | (ground pepper) |
| cebolla blanca | (white onion) |
| cebolla roja | (red onion) |
| ajo | (garlic) |
| maní | (peanuts) |
| leche | (milk) |
| crema de leche | (heavy cream) |
| queso crema | (cream cheese) |
| queso fresco | (queso fresco) |
| cilantro | (cilantro) |
| sal | (salt) |
Try some fanesca for your own special gathering with this receta (recipe). ¡Qué rico! (How delicious!) Practice saying the name of each ingredient as you incorporate it. To practice reading in Spanish, lee esta receta.
¡Que tengas un sábado de sopa! (May you have a soupy Saturday!)
L. A. Feliz