History

Panqueques de dulce de leche descend from French crepes filtered through Italian-Argentine kitchens of the 1900s. Bodegones across the country put them on as the standard postre; Cafes Notables flambée them tableside; Las Violetas builds them into a Sunday merienda tower with three rolled panqueques over a pool of warmed dulce de leche and shaved chocolate.

Common allergens: Gluten, Dairy, Egg

Make it at home

Yield 8Hands-on 25 minTotal 40 minDifficulty Easy

Ingredients

  • 200g plain flour
  • 2 large eggs
  • 500ml whole milk
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • Pinch of salt
  • 30g butter, melted, plus more for the pan
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 400g dulce de leche
  • 30g dark chocolate, grated (optional)

Method

  1. Whisk flour, sugar and salt in a bowl. In another bowl whisk eggs, milk, melted butter and vanilla.
  2. Pour wet ingredients into dry, whisking until smooth and lump-free. Rest 15 minutes (this matters).
  3. Heat a 22cm crepe pan or non-stick frying pan over medium-high. Brush with butter.
  4. Pour in 60ml of batter, swirl to coat the base. Cook 60 seconds until set and lacy underneath. Flip with a thin spatula, cook 20 seconds. Slide onto a plate.
  5. Repeat with the rest of the batter, stacking the panqueques and keeping warm under a clean towel.
  6. To assemble: spread each panqueque with a heaped tablespoon of dulce de leche, scatter a little grated chocolate if using, and roll up tightly.
  7. Serve two per person, warm or at room temperature.

Tip from the editors. Rest the batter; the gluten relaxes and the panqueque will be soft instead of rubbery.

Where to eat panqueque de dulce de leche

Panqueque de Dulce de Leche in Buenos Aires

Las Violetas ★ 4.5

$ CaféAlmagroWifi

Voted best Cafe Notable in Buenos Aires, opened 21 September 1884 at Rivadavia and Medrano. Belle-epoque stained glass, Italian marble, legendary merienda.

DrinkMerienda (tea, medialunas, tea sandwiches)

Directions

La Biela ★ 4.2

$ CaféRecoletaWifi

Cafe Notable opposite Recoleta Cemetery, on Quintana and Junin since 1850. Renamed La Biela in the 1950s for its racing-driver clientele; Borges wrote here.

DrinkCafe and tres medialunas

Directions

Cafe de los Angelitos ★ 4.1

$ CaféMicrocentro

Cafe Notable at Rivadavia and Rincon, opened 1890 and rebuilt in 2007 after demolition. Gardel and Pugliese were regulars; upstairs tango show runs nightly.

DrinkCafe con leche and medialunas

Directions

Confiteria La Argentina ★ 4.3

$ BakeryClassic Argentine bakery and pasteleriaCaballitoWalk-in only

Caballito panaderia opened 1907, one of the oldest active bakeries in the city. Pasta frola, palmeritas, alfajores de maicena and a full factura counter.

Worth the queuePasta frola and palmeritas

Directions

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