Sour Orange Mojo

8 ingredients
3 steps

Ingredients

  • 6 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
  • 1 scotch bonnet pepper, stemmed, seeded, and minced
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 2 teaspoons whole cumin seeds, freshly toasted
  • 1 cup pure olive oil
  • 1/3 cup sour orange juice (you can substitute 1/3 cup combined orange and lime juices)
  • 2 teaspoons spanish sherry wine vinegar
  • freshly toasted and ground black pepper, to taste

Directions

  1. 1
    In a mortar mash the raw garlic, Scotch bonnet, salt, and cumin until fairly smooth. Scrape this into a bowl and set aside.
  2. 2
    In a saucepan over medium heat, warm the oil until just hot and pour it over the garlic-chili mix, stirring the ingredients. Remove the pan from the heat and let it stand for 10 minutes.
  3. 3
    Whisk in the sour orange juice and the vinegar. Season with pepper. Refrigerated, this will keep up to 3 months.

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