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Queso Helado ("Cheese Ice Cream")
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Despite the name, it contains no cheese at all — the name comes from the old hand-cranking process, which left the milk ice with a dense, white, cheese-like texture.
A dense, milky ice cream flavored with cinnamon and lime zest is hand-churned in a wooden barrel packed with ice and salt. Vendors sell it from small carts around Arequipa's Plaza de Armas, scooped into cones.
Why it's made this way: The recipe originates in Arequipa's colonial-era dairy farms and remains tied almost exclusively to the city.
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