Argentine cuisine

Argentine cuisine can be described as the cultural blend of indigenous and Mediterranean influences (from populations of Italian and Spanish origin) in the wide scope of livestock and agricultural products that abound in the country.

 Argentines consume on average 100 kg of beef a year. In the nineteenth century the annual average approached 180 kg per inhabitant. No other dish corresponds more authentically to the Argentine national identity than the asado, the Argentine barbecue. The size of the country, as well as its cultural diversity, nevertheless gave birth to a local cuisine of various dishes. Argentina being, with 6.6 million immigrants, the second largest country in the world in terms of immigration, the great waves of migration have had a great influence on the cuisine of this country.