Alfajor of Penco The alfajor penco or alfajor de yolks, as it was known in Moquegua until the beginning of the 20th century, is a traditional sweet from the Moquegua pastry shop that has nothing, absolutely nothing to do with the city of Penco in Chile with which only share the assumed name. On repeated occasions, they have tried to sell us the idea that this Moqueguan delicacy was a Chilean sweet, such an error that I will take advantage of to clarify by asking my readers to accompany me to disentangle this myth that harms the artistic creation of Moqueguan women. The romantic story of the Chilean soldier, of whom no information is given except that he came from San Antonio, Valparaíso, who, being wounded, had deserted his war battalion and who, grateful to his Moqueguano benefactor, Don Luis Tamayo, taught him to prepare the traditional sweet from their land: the penco. Recipe: By Yihen Callahuille, Gabriel Cauna, Areliz Callusani and Aldhair Marquez. Servings: 4 Pl...