Peruvian bread pudding

01 / ABOUT THE DISH

About the dish

Ranfañote is a Peruvian bread pudding made with toasted pieces of stale bread, walnuts, pecans, currants, port wine or pisco, orange juice and zest, cheese (usually queso fresco), vanilla, and butter. The combination is drenched in chancaca sugar syrup and flavored with spices such as cinnamon, star anise, and cloves. This sweet treat is quite old and dates back to the colonial era, when Peru was a Spanish viceroyalty. It is also strongly connected with Afro-Peruvians, hence the usage of chancaca, cloves, and star anise. Although ranfañote was unrightfully neglected in the past, in recent years it has made a comeback and started showing up in Lima's bakeries.