A FAMILY TRADITION: THE ASADO LUNCH
In an event which can only be loosely described as a barbecue, you’ll sample meat from animals bred on the estancia, fed only on the extensive pastures of Argentina’s rich soil where they roam freely. The asado is an art, whose secrets are the finest home-grown meat cooked very slowly over a fire of wood from the estate. All our guests seem to agree – though they come from places all over the world - they’ve never tasted meat so exquisitely tasty and tender.
For lunch, we put tables covered in antique table cloths right next to the asado grill, so that you can join in this criollo or native Argentine ritual. Before getting down to the serious steaks, or lamb, we’ll start with the delicious sausages or homemade empanadas – the fine pastry and meat parcels which are a staple of Argentine food. You’ll sample superb wines from Argentina’s Mendoza province, and of course vegetarians can also be catered for.

Sara, your hostess, does the cooking. She’s been collecting her family’s traditional recipes since she was a small girl, and is now adding those of her husband’s family, dating back to Pedro Luro’s Basque ancestry. Sara plans the daily menus, and manages to surprise and delight her guests. Everything is homemade by her, from the starters, to the main courses and the puddings. She uses home-grown produce from the kitchen garden, or fruits from the woods, wherever possible. Among the dishes you might try, there’s criollo-style beef, the delicious traditional stew puchero, steak and kidney pie (the Argentine way), spinach pancakes, and a wide variety of homemade pastas. Tasty puddings are the final touch: pancakes with a rustic version of dulce de leche, the Argentines’ favourite sweet caramel, chocolate mousse, giant alfajor (another Argentine tradition, delicate sponge made from maize flour), or apple pie, lemon meringue pie, the Argentine version of bread pudding, budín de dulce de leche, and many more.
Dos Talas-(7100) Dolores- Phone/Fax: +54 (2245) 44 3020-Cel:+54 9 (2241) 699472 - estancia@dostalas.com.ar