(Italiano) Papas arrugadas

Let’s go back to the memories of Spain, in the Canary Islands …!
All restaurants, cafes and tapaserie of these islands, serve this dish … papas arrugadas that normally come with 2 or 3 sauces: mojo rojo, mojo verde and aioli.

papas arrugadas

ingredients:
1 kg small new potatoes (the quality using in the Canaries is the “papa bonita”
1 kg coarse sea salt
water

procedure:
Wash the potatoes very well, (they will be cooked and successively eaten with the skin), put them in a pot, add 500 g of salt and enough water to cover the potatoes. The potatoes should float, if not , add more salt.
Cook the papas for about 20 minutes, until they are tender inside, but they shoul’d be too soft. Strain and pour into a pan, add the remaining salt and put them back on the stove stirring gently until the skin become “arrugada.”
Serve hot accompanied with mojo sauce and or aioli.

(Italiano) Mojo Rojo – Mojo Verde

These sauces are typical of Cuba and the Canary Islands. Can be used to accompany fish, meat and vegetables.

Mojo rojo

ingredients:
3 dried chillies
300 ml extra virgin olive oil
little vinegar
4 cloves of garlic, peeled
1 tablespoon cumin
salt
procedure:
Boil the dried chillies in vinegar and water for about 10 minutes
Just toast the cumin. In a mortar, combine all ingredients except the oil, which will be added a little at a time with a little water to allow the emulsion.

Mojo green

ingredients:
5 or 6 cilantro leaves
1 bunch parsley
300 ml extra virgin olive oil
cumin salt
3 cloves of garlic
1 ice cube
procedure:
Lightly toast the cumin.
In a mortar, combine all ingredients (including ice) in the oil, which will be added gradually.