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Senor de los Milagros
Lima's purple month, when turron de Dona Pepa, with anise and clove syrup, and anticuchos with aji panca are sold in the streets.
Spices for Senor de los Milagros
In October Lima turns purple for the procession of the Lord of Miracles, a mural painted by an Angolan slave. The sweet of the month is turron de Dona Pepa, a nougat of anise-flavoured dough with a thick syrup of molasses, clove and cinnamon and sweets on top. Anticuchos, skewered beef heart marinated in aji panca paste, cumin, garlic and vinegar, are grilled and sold at every stall. The month is a showcase of the aji peppers that define Peruvian cooking.
The spices
Also part of it, and being written: Aji panca (The mild, smoky Peruvian chilli.).
Written by the EveryMasala desk with AI assistance. Background: "Señor de los Milagros" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Clove: Bayu Nugroho, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Anise: David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cumin: Sanjay Acharya, CC BY-SA 3.0, source