Useful Information

Useful Information

Holidays in Perú

January 1st: New Year.

Holy Week: It can be at the end of March or beginning of April. Holidays are Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

May 1: Labor Day.

June 7: Arica Combat y Flag Day.

June 29: Saint Peter and Saint Paul.

July 23: Conmemoration of the heroic Captain José Abelardo Quiñones Gonzales.

July 28 and 29: National holidays (depending on the company, 27 may be half a working day).

August 6: Junin Combat.

August 30: Santa Rosa de Lima.

October 8: Angamos Combat.

November 1: All saints.

December 8: Immaculate conception of Mary.

December 9: Ayacucho Combat.

December 24: Christmas Eve, ½ business day for state workers and for some private workers.

25th December, Christmas.

December 31: End of the year, ½ business day for state workers and for some private workersJuly 23Junin

Sometimes during the year, the government declares “recoverable holiday” for government workers. This means that the hours that are not worked on those days must be recovered on other days. Private companies decide if they give these days off to their workers by recovering hours not worked at another time. Employers of home helpers also have the power to give these days off to their employees. If the government decrees “National Holiday”, it would be mandatory, even for domestic employees and private companies.

PERUVIAN DISHES

Ají de gallina: Chicken fried in a cream of chili, milk and bread. It is usually served with potatoes, rice and eggs. The spicy level can be adjusted to the consumer’s preference.

Anticuchos: They are usually served on the barbecue. They are pieces of heart or liver (chicken and beef) marinated in vinegar and spices.

Yuca balls with cheese: Yuca, mozzarella, butter and egg-based fried balls. They are usually eaten with huancaina sauce.

Butifarra: French bread sandwich with pork ham filling (country ham) and onion sauce

Causa: Yellow mashed potatoes, seasoned with yellow pepper and lemon juice. It is prepared with different fillings, being the most typical of tuna, mayonnaise and avocado.

Ceviche: It can be fish or shellfish, which are cooked in lemon. Seafood ceviche usually includes fish, octopus, squid, shells and prawns. Lemon sauce includes yellow pepper and onion. It is usually served with sweet potato, corn and lettuce.

Chicha morada: Sweet juice prepared with purple corn.

Lomo saltado: Marinated beef loin chunks sauteed with chopped tomatoes, onions and Yellow pepper. It is served with french fries and rice.

Pachamanca: Different meats and tubers (potatoes, corn, cassava, etc.) that are cooked under the ground with hot stones.

Papa a la huancaína: White potato covered with a milk sauce, fresh cheese and yellow pepper.

Salsa criolla: Sauce that is prepared with onions, yellow pepper, salt and vinegar.

Tacu tacu: Mixture of beans and fried rice. It is usually prepared “a lo pobre” with fried egg, fried plantain, steak and rice.

Tamales: Made of corn, roasted peanuts, chili and stuffed with chicken, olives and eggs. They are eaten with Creole sauce.

Tiradito: Fish or seafood finely cut and cooked in a lemon sauce, olive oil and chili pepper. It is accompanied with corn and sweet potato.

PERUVIAN BEEF CUTS

DESSERTS

Alfajor: Type of cookie filled with manjar blanco.

Manjar blanco: Dessert that is prepared by simmering, milk and sugar (dulce de leche, arequipe).

Mazamorra morada: Pudding that is prepared with purple corn.

Picarones: Fried sweet potato flour dough rings served with chancaca honey.

Suspiro de limeña: Typical, very sweet dessert that is prepared with condensed milk, yolks and a meringue prepared with Porto liquor.

Turrón de Doña Pepa: It is a traditional sweet related to the feast of the Lord of Miracles, formed by three or more sticks of flour, bathed with chancaca honey and decorated with dragees and candies.

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