Sopa Paraguaya and the Maize Dishes

Specialised

⚠ SOPA PARAGUAYA IS NOT A SOUP. It is a dense baked cornbread of cornmeal, cheese, egg, milk, onion and fat — a solid thing cut in squares, and Paraguay’s national dish. The usual origin story has a cook of Carlos Antonio López spoiling a soup and baking the result; ⚠ that is a good story and is not documented. Beside it: CHIPA GUASU, made with FRESH grated maize rather than cornmeal and quite distinct; MBEYÚ, the starch-and-cheese griddle cake cooked in a pan and flipped; and locro and mazamorra.