Huancaína Para Valientes

Name: Huancaína Para Valientes
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 2¾ cups (650 ml)
Cuisine: Latin
Ingredients: 80 g Aji Amarillo; 1 whole rocoto (seeded) Rocoto; 15 g Aji Limo; 30 g Cracker; 2 cups queso fresco (450 g) Queso Fresco; ½ cup evaporated milk (120 ml) Evap. Milk; ¼ cup oil (60 ml) Vegetable Oil; 1 tsp (5 ml) Lime Juice

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Gastón Acurio recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Gastón Acurio.

FINISHING SAUCE · BOILED POTATOES & PASTA

In the published recipe, this is the finishing sauce for huancaína para valientes.

Acurio's extra-bold huancaína, a spicy potato sauce.

On the jar

HUANCANA

Method: blend
Yield: about 2¾ cups
Ingredients: 8

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Evap. Milk 120 mlVegetable Oil 60 mlLime Juice 5 ml

Ingredients

Aji Amarillo80 g
Rocoto1 whole rocoto (seeded)
Aji Limo15 g
Cracker30 g
Queso Fresco2 cups queso fresco (450 g)
Evap. Milk½ cup evaporated milk (120 ml)
Vegetable Oil¼ cup oil (60 ml)
Lime Juice1 tsp (5 ml)

Method

This sauce needs a blender. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Combine measured ingredients and blend until smooth.
Taste and adjust salt and acid.

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Provenance

Gastón Acurio. Peruvian. Cited awards include: Latin America's 50 Best: Lifetime Achievement 2013; World's 50 Best (Astrid y Gastón / orbit).

Originally published as Huancaína "Para Valientes".

Adapted from a Gastón Acurio recipe (Gastón Acurio / *Cocinando historias* (Debate; buenazo.pe)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Gastón Acurio / *Cocinando historias* (Debate; buenazo.pe) (published as “Huancaína "Para Valientes"”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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