Equador

Apparently, while the rest of the Andean region was dominated by the Inca culture, the coast managed to escape its influence and has maintained a very different cooking style. The recipe we cooked tonight, "Pollo en Salsa de Almendras" is an example of this. It was chicken pieces, potatoes, onion and garlic simmered in chicken stock. It was served with a thick sauce made from hard boiled eggs, cooking stock and almonds (yes I made a different sauce for Grant!) It had a very delicate flavour, but the sauce was delicious and quite different from anything we have tried before. We enjoyed listening to some funky latino music.