Salsa de Aji y Cebolla China (hot peppers and green onions sauce)

This is a mild hot sauce that blends very well with pollo a la brasa (rotisserie chicken) and fries.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of aji amarillo paste (Peruvian yellow chili paste). You could also use rocoto paste if you want it more spicy or it could be replaced with 8 seeded jalapeno peppers.
• 1 bunch of green onions chopped into 1 cm. (approximately 1/2 inch) pieces
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1 or 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil

Preparation:

Put the paste, chopped green onions, oil and salt a small bowl and mix.

If you are using jalapeno peppers cut them in slices and put them in a blender. Add the oil and salt and puree until smooth. Transfer the puree to a small bowl. Add the green onions and mix. 
 

Soltero de queso (cheese, olives, corn and fava beans salad)

This is a traditional dish from Arequipa, a city in the Southern region of Peru, which is served cold.

Ingredients:

• 2 onions diced or cut in thin slices
• 1 tomato in dices
• 1 cup of fresh cheese (could be replaced with mozzarella or drained cottage cheese)
• 4 big boiled potatoes or 8 small ones
• 1 cup of pitted black olives in slices
• 1 cup of boiled fava beans
• 1 cup of boiled corn kernels
• Olive oil
• Red vinegar
• Salt and black pepper
• Chopped fresh rocoto (optionally jalapeno pepper or Cayenne pepper powder)
• Parseley and oregano (optional)

Preparation:

After rinsing and draining, put the onions in a large bowl together with the tomatoes, cheese, olives, fava beans and corn. Add salt, black pepper, olive oil and vinegar. If you like spicy food you can add rocoto (chopped jalapeno pepper or Cayenne pepper powder could be used if rocoto is not available). Optionally you can sprinkle some parsley and/or oregano. Mix everything.

Serve the salad with the potato on the side.

Pisco Sour

Ingredients:

3 ounces of pisco
1 ounce of fresh lime juice
1 ounce of simple syrup (it can be replaced with 3/4 ounce of white sugar)
1/4 ounce of egg white
Angostura bitters
3 or 4 ice cubes

Preparation:

Put the pisco, lime juice, syrup, egg white and the ice cubes in a cocktail jar and mix thoroughly (you could use a blender if you don´t have a cocktail jar). Serve in a glass and add a few of drops of Angostura bitters.