One World Kitchen

Chef Natalia Machado starts off this episode of OWK with her husband's favourite dish--shepherd's pie, or pastel de papa. Along with the classic mashed potatoes, ground beef and corn, she gives it an Argentinian flavour with tomatoes, olives, hardboiled egg and, of course, some Malbec wine. Next, she shows us how easy it is to make your own spätzle and serves it up with pan fried paprika shrimp. The quintessential Argentinian comfort food, humitas, is next on the menu. A kind of fresh corn polenta, it's simply made with grated corn on the cob, onions, chili flakes and sweet basil. Finally, compote pears done two ways—one with classic Argentinian flavours, including Malbec, cardamom and orange zest. The other with a Canadian twist—poached in maple syrup, apple juice and cinnamon.