Typical dishes from Ica: Pallares: A stew of savory butter beans seasoned with aji (hot pepper). Morusa: Mashed butter beans with roast beef or pork. Picante de Pallares: Spicy butter beans with milk, eggs and fresh cheese. Carapulcra: Dehydrated potatoes, boiled and cooked with pork and chicken, aji panca and mirasol (chili peppers), garlic, and other spices. Typical Desserts:

Tejas: Traditional dessert made with dried lemons, figs, or pecans, filled with manjarblanco (sweetened and condensed milk cooked down) and covered with sugar icing.
Chapanas: Dessert made with yucca flour and molasses.

Traditional Drinks: Pisco: Distilled grapes, a Peruvian liquor and banner product. Cachina: Liquor based on fermented grape must