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alfajor

alfajor noun: a popular confection in South America usually made of flour, honey, and nuts and filled with a milk-based filling. Traditionally the filling was manjar blanco, but today it is typically dulce de leche.

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Noun

alfajor (plural alfajores or alfajors)

  1. A popular confection in South America usually made of flour, honey, and nuts and filled with a milk-based filling. Traditionally the filling was manjar blanco, but today it is typically dulce de leche.
    • My favorite was the simplest: alfajor, a double-deck Peruvian cookie, spread with a layer of caramel.2010 March 26, Patricia Brooks, “Culinary Surprises and Peruvian Charm”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2022
    • From Tibetan momos (dumplings) to Uruguayan alfajors (cookies), the food consumed on New York's Eat The Street tours offers a taste of immigrant life in the world's most ethnically diverse neighborhood - the borough of Queens, where more than 160 languages are spoken.2012 June 12, “Eating the food cart street in a New York afternoon”, in Reuters, London

Examples of alfajor in a sentence

  • His Dulceria New York City, a new brick-walled bakery as narrow as a breadstick, features Chilean confections, notably alfajores (sandwich cookies).2020 January 6, Florence Fabricant, “At Dulceria, Chilean Cookies and Other Delights”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York...
  • En una mano tenía el ukelele y el alfajor, en la totra el porro.2021, Pedro Mairal, The Woman from Uruguay, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 109:
  • A medium cup of helado at Pampas Helado Argentina in Aliso Viejo includes two flavors, which can be the chocolate alfajor and banana split.2024 August 10, Edwin Goei, “You’re gonna need a bigger cone: 3 new ice cream shops in O.C. worth screaming for”, in Daily Pilot, Los...

Forms of alfajor

pluralalfajores
pluralalfajors

Origin of alfajor

Borrowed from Spanish alfajor.

Questions about alfajor

What does alfajor mean?
Alfajor means a popular confection in South America usually made of flour, honey, and nuts and filled with a milk-based filling. Traditionally the filling was manjar blanco, but today it is typically dulce de leche.
How do you use alfajor in a sentence?
His Dulceria New York City, a new brick-walled bakery as narrow as a breadstick, features Chilean confections, notably alfajores (sandwich cookies).
What part of speech is alfajor?
Alfajor is a noun.
What is the plural of alfajor?
The plural of alfajor is alfajores.

Words near alfajor in the dictionary

  1. alfabetto
  2. alfacalcidol
  3. alfadolone
  4. alfaia
  5. alfaias
  6. alfajor
  7. alfajores
  8. alfajors
  9. alfaki
  10. alfakih
  11. alfakihs

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