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Recipe

This chipotle sauce is great on fish and meat. I like to use it as a condiment, since it is a fruity tomato-based sauce it can easily burn if cooked for long periods of time. Its flavor develops with the cooking, so be sure to let it go for a while.

2 tablespoons sunflower seed oil
1 white onion, sliced
3 cups apricots, pitted and roughly chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 ounce tequila
1 tablespoon chipotle en adobo
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 cup stewed tomatoes with their juices
3 tablespoons molasses
½ cup apple cider vinegar
Salt

In a medium sized pot, heat up a few tablespoons of the oil. Add the onion and cook until cooked through and translucent. Add the garlic and apricots and stir. Pour in the tequila and as it sizzles, scrape up the browned bits in the bottom of the pot. Pour in the vinegar and chipotle and bring to a simmer.
Add the tomato paste, tomatoes, and molasses let simmer lightly for about 30 minutes.
Cool enough to put in the food processor, and process until smooth. Pass the sauce through a sieve back into the pot and reduce until thick and flavorful.
Season well with salt, and adjust with more molasses if necessary.
Makes about 2 cups.

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Although Cochinita Pibil is from the Yucatan Peninsula, it is eaten and loved all throughout Mexico. Sophia's aunt Lupita guides us through this delicious recipe. The achiote paste is loosened up with vinegar and grapefruit juice, which stains the pork a beautiful deep red color and gives it an incredible flavor. We use the marinade for a nice pork shoulder, which we roast slowly for a few hours.

March 2, 2009   |   1 comments
Tags: Entrees, Latin America, Marinades, Meat, Mexican, Travel
Recipe

This is a basic marinade using achiote for fish. In order to bring out the best flavor, you must first combine the achiote paste with a sour liquid, like vinegar or citrus juice. Then you can balance it out with olive oil, and add flavor like garlic and oregano. Asian ingredients like soy and fish sauce also work really well in this type of marinade.

For about 6 filets of fish you will need:

1/4 cup achiote paste
2 oranges, juiced (combinations of orange, grapefruit, and lime all work well)
1/4 onion, sliced in thin strips
salt and pepper

Place the fish filets in a container wide enough to hold them. Whisk together the marinade ingredients, and pour over the fish. Marinate for at least 1 1/2- 8 hours.

This is a basic achiote marinade for grilling fish like mahi mahi.
February 5, 2009   |   0 comments
Tags: Fish, Latin America, Marinades, Mexican