Beef-loving: asado grill, the chivito steak sandwich and sweet dulce de leche. Uruguayans drink the most mate in the world, and the Tannat wine is the national grape.
History
Gauchos (cowboys) rode the pampas with cattle, and Spanish and Italian immigrants shaped the food.
Ingredients
- Beef
- Chivito (steak) toppings
- Dulce de leche
- Mate
- Tannat grapes
How it's made
- Grill beef on a parrilla
- Assemble chivito with steak, ham, egg and tomato
- Drink mate through the day
- Serve Tannat with the meat
Photos: ingredients, making & serving
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What Uruguay drinks
Mate, Tannat wine, Medio y Medio, Pilsen beer
Ratings & notes
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