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Chilean condiment

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Pebre
A paila with pebre.
Type	Condiment
Place of origin	Chile
Serving temperature	Chilled
Main ingredients	Tomato, onion, ají, oil, red wine vinegar, parsley, coriander, salt
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Pebre is a Chilean condiment made with coriander, parsley, chopped onion, vinegar, a neutral oil, ground or pureed spicy ají, and usually chopped tomatoes. Pebre is most commonly used on bread. It is also used on meat, or when meat such as choripán is provided in a bread roll. In far northern Chile, the term pebre refers to a sauce more like Bolivian llajwa.

History

The word pebre in Catalan means pepper of any type, in this case ají cultivars of chilli pepper. In the rest of Spain, it refers to a sauce made of vinegar, pepper, saffron, clove, and other spices.

The origin of pebre as a sauce in Chile dates to the arrival of Catalan engineers and highly skilled masons under the supervision of the Italian architect Joaquin Toesca, for the construction of the Tajamares de Santiago, the fluvial channels, river walls and bridges for the main river that intersects the city of Santiago, the Rio Mapocho (Mapocho River). Catalan workers made a simple sauce (salsa) with cilantro, oil, vinegar and salt, called pebre for its main ingredient, the ají.

References

Word taken from catalán (1555) "pebre", thus from Latin piper, -eris - Coromines, Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua Castellana ISBN 978-84-249-1332-8
Sebastian de Covarrubias Orozco, Tesoro de la lengua castellana o española ISBN 84-7039-685-4

v t e Cuisine of Chile
Meat	Asado Cecina Charqui Charquicán Chicharrón Choripán Guatitas Churrasco Longaniza Milanesa Osobuco
Fish and seafood	Caldillo de congrio Curanto Ceviche Machas a la parmesana Paila marina
Sandwiches	Barros Jarpa Barros Luco Choripán Chacarero Churrasco Completo Crudo alemán
Breads and bakery	Alfajor Berlín Churro Conejito Empanada Hallulla Kuchen Marraqueta Pan de Pascua Sopaipilla Tortilla de rescoldo
Cheeses	Chanco Panquehue Quesillo
Other dishes	Cazuela Chupe Ensalada chilena Ñachi Pastel de choclo Pichanga Porotos con rienda Porotos granados Valdiviano
Desserts	Murta con membrillo Picarones
Drinks	Aguardiente (Cola de mono, Licor de oro, Murtado) Mate (Mate con malicia) Chilean beer Café con leche Mote con huesillo Pisco (Pisco sour, Piscola, Serena libre) Vaina Chilean wine (Jote, Navegado)
Condiments	Ají chileno Chancaca Dulce de membrillo Manjar Manjar blanco Merkén Pebre Salsa americana Sauerkraut
Other	Asado Chupe Chupilca del diablo Las once Ingredients Paila Merken
Category: Chilean cuisine

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