Made
with rocoto - infused vodka, passion fruit puree, sugar and cilantro, the Sacsayhuaman has proven popular for the heated zing in its aftertaste.
As Doris Platt Rodriguez, the Peruvian owner of the restaurant Andina in Portland, Oregon says, «a sauce made
with rocoto is the hot sauce por excelencia.
Drizzle
with rocoto crema and top with green onions.
Not exact matches
I do think juicing works well
with the smaller, fleshy, super hot chiles such as habaneros and
rocotos.
In Bolivia, freshly ground locoto or
rocoto chiles are mixed
with the bark of uña de gato, or cat claw (probably an Acacia species) and used as a poultice on the afflicted area.
In her juicing experiments published on Fiery Foods & BBQ Central, here, Food Editor Emeritus Nancy Gerlach wrote: «I do think juicing works well
with the smaller, fleshy, superhot chiles such as habaneros and
rocotos.
Rocoto variety
with quite small pods.
Has quite a lot heat which is still quite pleasant
with cooking, like
Rocotos usually are.
1 4 - pound chicken 4 slices of bread
with the crusts trimmed 1/2 cup of oil 1 large onion, finely chopped 2 teaspoons ground garlic 3
rocotos, or 6 serrano chiles, seeds and stems removed, pureed Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste 1/2 pound chopped walnuts and / or pecans 4 ounces grated Parmesan cheese 1 large tin of evaporated milk 6 yellow potatoes, cooked and halved Green olives and hardboiled eggs, for garnish Cooked rice
Peruvians especially prize
rocotos because the chiles» tropical fruit overtones combine
with a heat that works only on the taste buds and not on the digestive system.
Prepared
with ground beef, egg, olives and spices, and topped
with melted cheese, a
rocoto relleno is fit to be the pride and joy of anybody who can consume it without reaching for a glass of milk or a slice of bread.
The Peruvians typically accompany stuffed
rocotos with beer, although a red wine is also appropriate.
A selection of Causa dishes, mashed potato dumplings topped
with seafood, are served four different ways to include the Nikei (
rocoto causa
with tuna tartare); Cangrejo (beet causa
with crab); Escabeche (potato
with crispy snapper) and Olivo (potato
with octopus tartare).
Last year I had very poor germination
with 3
Rocoto varieties and ended up
with only 7 plants out of 100 + seeds.
When drying the fleshier
rocoto and habanero pods, I put a couple of dozen cuts through the pod epidermis
with a scalpel, taking care not to cut through the pod wall.
This is why some people swear that
Rocotos (
with their own unique blend of capsaicinoids) are far hotter than Habaneros.
Palta a la Reyna, Dieta de Pollo, Sopa a la Criolla, Caldo de Gallina, Quinua soup, Chairo, Lomo Saltado, Milaneza de Lomo, Milaneza de Pollo, Trucha a la Menier, Trucha al Ajillo, Aji de Gallina, Papa a la Huancayna, Anticuchos de corazon, Cuy al Horno con
Rocoto Relleno, Pepian de Cuy, Pachamanca, Chicharrones, Seco de Cordero, Choclo con Queso, Ceviche (uncooked fish marinated in lemon or lime juice and hot chilli pepper), Chupe de Camarones (chowder - type soup made
with shrimps, milk, eggs, potatoes and peppers), Causa rellena (potato cakes
with chicken in the centre, but also cooked
with avocado or crabmeat), Tamales (boiled corn dumplings filled
with meat and wrapped in a banana leaf), Mazamorra morada (purple maize and sweet potato starch jelly cooked
with lemons, dried fruits, cinnamon and cloves).