A cancelled flight gave us an unexpected full day in Mendoza, Argentina. We had some very tasty food in Argentina but still had not experienced an asado so we decided to splurge on an “experience” and take an Argentinan asado cooking class.
We were picked up outside our hostel by our host, Mauricio, and he drove us to his house on the outskirts of town.
We were together for about 4 hours and cooked all afternoon. An asado is more or less a BBQ with the star of the show being the beef that Argentina is famous for.
A real asado uses a wood fire to cook everything. Mauricio had a huge built-in brick cooking area to roast the meats and vegetables. Argentinan cooking is pretty simple and uses few and easy to find ingredients-salt, pepper, vinegar, oil, parsley. It was a meat extravaganza of ribs, sausages, and steaks just like I imagined it would be.
All in all it was a pleasant way to spend an unplanned day, by eating well in a beautiful setting and saying goodbye to Argentina.
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