Chocolate Alfajores

Over the past five years, Latin food had gotten popular in Houston. I remember our local gourmet supermarket used to have a fair with products from Argentina. They have Alfajores, the most common ones with the cookie made out of cornstarch and also Chocolate Alfajores Havanna. If you are an old-time reader, you may remember my mother in law is Argentinian and at her house, I was introduced to Alfajores Havanna. They are amazing, with a soft chocolate cookie, that melts in your mouth. And they are filled with Dulce de Leche, a perfect complement to the semi-bitter chocolate coating. They are addictive. I made these Chocolate Alfajores for International Night at my kid’s school. I love this celebration, our school in Houston gathers students from more than 25 different countries. In Chile, this kind of Alfajores is usually associated with the Sausalito brand initially from Viña del Mar, a beach city close to the capital.