Suspiro de Limeña: Lima's Sigh Dessert
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Suspiro de limeña — "sigh of a Lima woman" — is the most iconic Lima dessert: a thick dulce de leche base (manjar blanco) topped with port wine meringue. The manjar blanco is made by reducing evaporated and condensed milk with egg yolks until thick; the port meringue is an Italian meringue made by pouring hot port-infused sugar syrup onto whipped egg whites. The combination of the dense, caramelised bottom layer and the airy, wine-fragrant meringue produces the contrast that gives the dessert its name.
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