The alfajor is one of Chile's most beloved sweets, especially during summer, when it's a staple at roadside stalls and kiosks. This recipe for Chilean alfajores lets you make these delights at home, filled with manjar blanco, with a homemade and fresh flavor that rivals any store-bought version.
The dough is made with flour, cornstarch (chuño), baking powder, egg yolks, and a touch of orange juice, which adds a subtle citrus aroma. The process requires a bit of patience: you knead, roll out thinly, and cut discs that are baked until lightly golden. Then they're filled with manjar blanco, the classic Chilean dulce de leche.
The difficulty is medium, but the result is worth it: they're perfect for sharing at celebrations, as a dessert, or just as a treat. Although there are variations with chocolate, coconut, or meringue, this traditional version highlights the purity of its flavors. Go ahead and make them to enjoy a truly Chilean bite.
Prep
10 min
Cook
5 min
Servings
6
Calories
200 kcal
Separate the yolks from the whites for the 5 eggs.
In a bowl, mix the flour, the sugar and the baking powder.
With the yolks separated in a bowl, you start to beat them until it is an almost white mixture, and with the almost white mixture it begins to add little by little the flour already mixed, alternating at the same time with the orange juice and another little flour until you add everything while you mix.
Start kneading until the mixture is dry, and you begin to knead a little until the dough is thin.
With the stretched dough, cut discs of 5 to 8 cm and prick them with a fork.
Butter the oven tin and place the dough discs you just cut, put them in the oven with medium high heat for 5 minutes. The idea is that they will last a little, remember to keep an eye on them because depending on the oven they may take less or longer.
Prepare the white delicacy. You have the link to the recipe in the description of the article.
Take the discs out of the oven and place a spoonful of the white delicacy on each one and cover it with another disc as if it were a sandwich
