This can be made with any chili, but the yellow chilies in the Lufa Farm boxes are perfect for a hot sauce since they're less biter than a green jalapeno and have more flavour than heat. All you need are 1 or 2 chili peppers, some salt, and a squeeze of lime juice or lemon juice … [Read more...] about Hot Yellow Chili Paste
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Onion Salsa Criollo
Onion salsa is traditionally served with Peruvian tamales, but it's great in roasted vegetable or meat pitas or sandwiches. If you threw in some diced tomatoes you'd have a tomato pico de gallo or tomato salsa fresca. It's a great way to use one of the hot yellow chili peppers in … [Read more...] about Onion Salsa Criollo
Peruvian Nordic Shrimp “Causa” with Aji Amarillo Chili Paste
You don't need to find amarillo chili peppers for this recipe. Any long, red or orange chili pepper will work, but there are, conveniently, a few appropriate long, skinny spicy peppers in the Lufa Farms basket this week. Common substitutes for amarillos are serrano or habanero … [Read more...] about Peruvian Nordic Shrimp “Causa” with Aji Amarillo Chili Paste
Peruvian Dinner Party: Shrimp and Garlic Chive Causa, Vegetarian Tacu Tacu, Tamalitos with Onion Sauce, and Dairy-Free Maple-Lucuma Ice Cream
Two of my favourite things: 1. Relaxed dinner parties with appreciative friends 2. Chili Peppers Maybe not in that order... So when I came back from Lima, Peru, I brought dried aji amarillo (orange hot chili peppers), white corn maize flour for tamales, and powdered lucuma … [Read more...] about Peruvian Dinner Party: Shrimp and Garlic Chive Causa, Vegetarian Tacu Tacu, Tamalitos with Onion Sauce, and Dairy-Free Maple-Lucuma Ice Cream
Award-Winning Sweet-and-Sour Pickles
You're supposed to can these, but if you don't feel like sterilizing and going through all the trouble just to make a small batch of sugary cucumber pickles, skip the sterilizing and boiling jars steps and store the pickles in your fridge in a glass jar for maybe up to 3 … [Read more...] about Award-Winning Sweet-and-Sour Pickles
Cucumber Sushi
I didn't have any sashimi-grade fish kicking around. Instead, what I had was cucumbers. Not a bad thing, as it turned out. Ingredients: 2 cups sushi rice (sushi rice is a short-grain rice that turns sticky when you cook it. You can find it at most grocery stores and all Asian … [Read more...] about Cucumber Sushi