Guadalajara celebrates one of its most iconic dishes: The torta ahogada

The metropolis of Guadalajara, Jalisco, is gearing up to observe 1 of the city’s astir iconic dishes with Torta Ahogada Day, a one-day festival connected Sept. 7.

Savory, spicy and swimming successful sauce, the torta ahogada is Guadalajara’s unsocial instrumentality connected Mexico’s astir celebrated sandwich. It is besides considered a awesome of Guadalajara’s taste identity, on with tequila and mariachi music.

The festival volition commencement a 9:30 a.m. Saturday connected Paseo Fray Antonio Alcalde successful downtown Guadalajara. (Gobierno de Guadalajara)

The event, which is backmost for its 4th variation this year, volition instrumentality spot astatine the city’s Historic Center connected Paseo Fray Antonio Alcalde, betwixt Pedro Moreno and Morelos streets. Starting astatine 9:30 am, it volition bring unneurotic dozens of torta ahogada makers, families and section nutrient enthusiasts to observe the emblematic dish.

Attendees tin expect unrecorded mariachi euphony and assorted activities, including a contention dubbed “Ponle Salsa a Tu Torta” (Put Sauce connected Your Torta). In this event, each assemblage volition contiguous originative sauces to travel the tortas ahogadas. Both judges and attendees volition take the champion sauce.

One of the astir anticipated activities is the organisation of escaped tortas ahogadas, a programme that volition beryllium revealed connected the time of the lawsuit done the authoritative Cultura Guadalajara societal media channels.

The Tapatío roots of the torta ahogada

Tortas ahogadas are ubiquitous successful Guadalajara. The crockery was created implicit a period agone by Ignacio Saldaña, known arsenic “El Guerito,” who is credited with serving the archetypal torta dipped successful chile de árbol and herb sauce.

The crockery consists of birote (a breadstuff akin to baguette, but shorter, and recovered exclusively successful Guadalajara), filled with pork nutrient and drenched successful a spicy sauce.

In 2022, the City Council declared Sept. 10 the Municipal Torta Ahogada Day, aligning the solemnisation with Independence Month. This year, however, the lawsuit volition beryllium held astatine an earlier day to let much radical to participate.

The lawsuit not lone seeks to beforehand the emotion for torta ahogada, but besides to reenforce the consciousness of individuality and section pride.

With reports from El Informador