Puno Gastronomy

The typical dishes of the Department of Puno are the chairo, a soup made of lamb meat; fricassee, based on pork meat and mote (large boiled corn) which is recommended should be eaten when it is very hot; thimpo, a dish made of lamb or carachi fish (of the orestias spp species) and the very nutritious pesque, with quinoa, cheese and eggs.

In addition, there are many cheese-based dishes -fried cheese and k'auchi cheese- and lake fish dishes, such as trout, Peruvian silverside, ishpi and carachi (both of the orestias spp species). There are also delicious desserts, like quesillos y miel (curd cheese and honey).