This article is specially dedicated to the garlic lovers out there. If you are like me, you simply cannot conceive any savory dish without this precious and amazingly healthy ingredient. Simply because “my mama told me so”, and she is a fantastic cook.
You see, I was actually born in Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain), and even though I left when I was 4, I still have a bit of a sentimental link to this beautiful spot in the planet. I’d invite you to check this , and this for some general tourism information on Gran Canaria.
As I won’t be visiting these islands any time soon, at least I have the consolation of this fabulous recipe from Canary Girl, who explains how to make this quintessential Canary “spicy sauce”.
Ingredients:
- 7 cloves of garlic (yes, 7, you heard me)
- salt to taste
- 2 dried chili peppers
- 1 generous teaspoon cumin seeds (I used cumin powder)
- 1 generous teaspoon smokey paprika (I used the regular version)
- breadcrumbs to taste
- 1/2 cup – 125 ml olive oil
- 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
- minty candy/ minty chewing gum (this is my own addition to the recipe – to use liberally throughout the day if there is any chance that you encounter another human being after you have eaten this sauce)
Instructions:
Using a mortar and pestle, mash garlic, salt, cumin and chili to a paste.
Add paprika and mash. Add bread crumbs and mash. Add olive oil and mash again. Add vinegar little by little, mashing constantly. There you go, ready!
I served it with boiled potatoes (in their skin) and plain grilled white fish. I didn’t add any seasoning to the potatoes or fish except for some salt, because mojo picón constitutes an explosion of flavour in itself. A-ddic-tive.
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