Hallacas ... what is it? Exquisite Venezuelan food.

to speak of Hallacas, is to speak of one of the most exquisite and varied typical foods of Venezuela, especially at Christmas time. The preparation depends on each region of the country.

Now, where does the hallacas come from, what are their beginnings? .

The first thing that must be clarified is the product of mestizaje and colonization, and it is not that these have brought them to our lands, NO, but if the aptitude and attitude, allowed our aborigines and blacks were in need of inventing the hallacas, therefore it is one of the best gatronomicos inventions. thanks to our ancestors.

The hallacas are the product of the leftovers and crumbs left by the rich and landowners of their exuberant and exquisite meals, therefore their slaves and Indian women who had their services, invented to unite all that remained of leftovers and and put it to cook in leaves of banana, later it was improving ... the technique ..
This was extended to the whole country, and they were made according to the ingredients they had at home, but always predominated the meat and poultry as the main ingredient as the pig

and everything they had in the yard and they produced. - those of caracas, its preparation mode and ingredients are different to those of the east and andes ...