Mojo

Recipe traditional Canarian sauce mojo red picón. The original sauce is prepared with hot pepper own hot pepper in the Canary Islands, making it difficult to get elsewhere. We propose to replace it with cayenne or failing other spicy.

Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients 1 cup

• 1 head of garlic (about 8 teeth approx.)
• 2 very hot peppers (or 2 or another spicy cayenne pepper)
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 tablespoon wine vinegar
• 1.5 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 level teaspoon salt

Preparation

We propose two ways to prepare it. One of them hit mortar, which is as red Mojo Picon traditionally done. The other, faster, is with the mixer.

If prepared in a blender, just peel and chop the garlic and together with the other ingredients we beat until a smooth sauce. Add a few tablespoons of water if you want a thinner sauce and return to beat. It's quick and easy, but many people think that the mojo knows better the traditional way.

Preparing traditional mojo

Peel and chop the garlic for grind in the mortar, we add the very hot pepper (or cayenne) but without seeds and 1 teaspoon of cumin. Crush all until smooth paste.

Then add a teaspoon of paprika and a tablespoon of vinegar. So we are gradually adding oil while still giving the mortar generating a thick paste that can be reduced with a little water (2 to 3 tablespoons are enough) to leave the texture and thickness to taste.


Comments Recipe

The word Mojo comes from the Portuguese word Molho, which means sauce. The mojos are fundamental elements in the cuisine of the Canary Islands. The best known, but not limited to, they are the green sauce and red Mojo Picon, which is what we propose in this vegan recipe.

The initial difficulty of the recipe is very hot peppers, which are those that give a name to this Mojo. However, we can also do it with another spicy. Here it is proposed to replace hibiscus.

Our favorite vegan recipes are those that, like the spicy sauce, are originally without animal products, simple to prepare and delicious. Red Mojo Picon is the perfect accompaniment for roast potatoes and, of course, is essential for wrinkled potatoes.