Chapter 3
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The alternatives
- Alfajores (with dulce de leche between two biscuits) → Late-harvest Torrontés is the classic. For alfajores de maicena (with coconut on the sides), Moscatel or a demi-sec sparkler is even better.
- Flan with dulce de leche → Late-harvest Torrontés — honeyed match for the caramel.
- Rogel (layered cake with dulce de leche and meringue) → Demi-sec sparkling or late-harvest Torrontés. Both work.
- Dulce de leche helado (ice cream) → Sparkling demi-sec — bubbles + cold are perfect with frozen.
- Pancakes / crêpes with dulce de leche → Late-harvest Torrontés.
- Brownies, marquesa, chocotorta (chocolate + dulce de leche) → Late-harvest Malbec or fortified Tannat — the only reds that work here.
- Dulce de leche straight from the jar with a spoon → No judgment. A small glass of late-harvest Torrontés if anyone is watching.
