alfajor

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alfajor.

Noun

alfajor (plural alfajores or alfajors)

  1. A popular confection in South America usually filled with dulce de leche.
    • 2010 March 26, Patricia Brooks, “Culinary Surprises and Peruvian Charm”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 June 2022:
      My favorite was the simplest: alfajor, a double-deck Peruvian cookie, spread with a layer of caramel.
    • 2012 June 12, “Eating the food cart street in a New York afternoon”, in Reuters‎[2], London:
      From Tibetan momos (dumplings) to Uruguayan alfajors (cookies), the food consumed on New York's Eat The Street tours offers a taste of immigrant life in the world's most ethnically diverse neighborhood - the borough of Queens, where more than 160 languages are spoken.
    • 2020 January 6, Florence Fabricant, “At Dulceria, Chilean Cookies and Other Delights”, in The New York Times‎[3], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 7 January 2020:
      His Dulceria New York City, a new brick-walled bakery as narrow as a breadstick, features Chilean confections, notably alfajores (sandwich cookies). “Chile has great ingredients, but not much in the way of cuisine,” he said. “But pastries are the highlight.” He has hired Daniela Cañete to turn out several kinds of alfajores filled with dulce de leche, with one covered in chocolate, as well as elaborate cakes and layered confections, some embellished with meringue.
    • 2021, Pedro Mairal, The Woman from Uruguay, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 109:
      In one hand I had the ukulele and the alfajor, in the other the joint.
    • 2024 August 10, Edwin Goei, “You’re gonna need a bigger cone: 3 new ice cream shops in O.C. worth screaming for”, in Daily Pilot‎[4], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 August 2024:
      A medium cup of helado at Pampas Helado Argentina in Aliso Viejo includes two flavors, which can be the chocolate alfajor and banana split.

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alfajor.

Noun

alfajor m (plural alfajores)

  1. alfajor (a popular confection in South America usually filled with caramel-like dulce de leche)

Spanish

Alternative forms

  • alfaxor, alfaxur, faxor, alaxur, alexur, alejur (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish alfaxor, beginning as a more jammy food from Andalusian Arabic الْفَشُور (al-fašūr, “nectar, juice”), from Arabic أَفْشُرَج (ʔafšuraj, “juice”). Somewhere surely mixed up with alfaxú, alajú from حَشْو (ḥašw, “filling”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alfaˈxoɾ/ [al.faˈxoɾ]
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  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: al‧fa‧jor

Noun

alfajor m (plural alfajores)

  1. (Spain) A popular confection in Andalusia usually made with honey, almonds, nuts, and spices such clove and coriander.
  2. (Latin America) alfajor (a popular confection in South America usually filled with dulce de leche)

Further reading

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