Buenos Aires recipe, Edinburgh oven
Two soft biscuits. Dulce de leche in between.
Alfajores are Argentina's favourite sweet: crumbly, buttery biscuits sandwiched with slow-cooked caramel. We bake them by hand in Edinburgh and post them across the UK.
Never had one?
What is an alfajor, exactly?
Say it al-fa-HOR. It is two soft, crumbly biscuits (think shortbread that forgot to be firm) joined with a thick layer of dulce de leche, a caramel made by simmering milk and sugar for hours until it turns deep gold.
Some are rolled in desiccated coconut. Some are dipped in chocolate. All of them are a small event with a cup of tea or coffee.
Read the full guide →The line-up
Pick a flavour, or pick them all
- Classic dulce de lecheTwo soft cornflour biscuits, dulce de leche, coconut.Allergens being confirmed
- Dark chocolateDulce de leche inside, dark chocolate outside.Allergens being confirmed
- White chocolateCreamy white chocolate over dulce de leche.Allergens being confirmed
- Lemon glazeBright lemon icing on a dulce de leche centre.Allergens being confirmed
- Salted caramel shortbreadA buttery shortbread take on an alfajor.Allergens being confirmed
- Whisky and dulceDulce de leche with a splash of Scotch whisky.Allergens being confirmed
How it works
Fresh from the oven to your door
Order
Choose a box or build your own. Order by the cut-off and you are in the next bake.
We bake
We bake around the orders that come in, by hand, in Edinburgh.
It's posted
Dispatched Monday to Wednesday so your box never spends a weekend in a depot.
The next bakeOrder by Thursday 8pm, baked Fri 6 Nov, posted Mon 9 Nov.
Where we are
A kitchen in Edinburgh
Katu makes alfajores by hand in Edinburgh from an Argentine recipe, and posts them across the whole of the UK.
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