STILL LIFE WITH HALLACA

The Hallaca is the typical dish of Christmas in Venezuela, and luckily today is done anywhere in the world where Venezuelans live.
As the wiki says: "In Venezuelan cuisine, an hallaca typically involves a mixture of beef, pork, chicken, capers, raisins, and olives wrapped in maize (cornmeal dough), bound with string within plantain leaves, and boiled or steamed afterwards"...."Hallaca-making requires many hours of intense work, so hallacas are typically made all in one go, in large enough quantities to last the entire holiday season (from a few dozen to several hundred). Hallaca making is a logistical feat and an economic stretch for many"..."Hallaca-making reunites family members at holiday time. It is a job joyfully done by whole families together, marking the start of the holiday festivities".

We didn't follow this tradition and we buy it to a good friend who makes the best hallacas in Barcelona. However, as the proverb says in Venezuela: "The best hallacas are the ones that makes my mom"

Here we have a good example of an Hallaca ready to be eaten, with a bottle of artisanal Cava wine, also made by a friend.