Street-Cart Leche de Tigre

Name: Street-Cart Leche de Tigre
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 2¼ cups (550 ml)
Cuisine: Latin
Ingredients: 2 cups (475 mL) lime juice Lime Juice; 1 celery stalk, chopped Celery; about ½ onion (75 g) Red Onion; 1 garlic clove, minced Garlic; 1 tsp minced fresh ginger (5 ml) Ginger; 8 oz (225 g) fish trimmings Fish; 8 g Aji Limo; 2 tbsp chopped cilantro (30 ml) Cilantro; about ¼ tsp (2 g) Salt

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

MARINADE · CEVICHE & RAW FISH

In the published recipe, this is the marinade for ceviche carretillero.

Martínez's street-cart leche de tigre for ceviche.

On the jar

STREET-CART

Method: blend
Yield: about 2¼ cups
Ingredients: 9

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Lime Juice 475 mlGinger 5 mlCilantro 30 ml

Ingredients

Lime Juice2 cups (475 mL) lime juice
Celery1 celery stalk, chopped
Red Onionabout ½ onion (75 g)
Garlic1 garlic clove, minced
Ginger1 tsp minced fresh ginger (5 ml)
Fish8 oz (225 g) fish trimmings
Aji Limo8 g
Cilantro2 tbsp chopped cilantro (30 ml)
Saltabout ¼ tsp (2 g)

Where it sits

One of 35 seafood sauces in the catalog, with 9 ingredients against a median of 6.

The acid here is lime juice. In this category chefs also reach for lemon juice (13 recipes), orange juice (4), and rice vinegar (3).

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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The jar carries pour-and-shake sauces. These are its closest cousins from kitchens like this one:

3 kitchens · 3 stars · 3 national awards

Citrus-Olive Oil Seafood SauceNATIONAL AWARD WINNEROn the jar: CITRUSOLIVE
Traditional Leche de TigreNATIONAL AWARD WINNEROn the jar: LECHE DE TIG
Ají Limo Leche de TigreNATIONAL AWARD WINNEROn the jar: AJ LIMO LEC
Buttermilk Vinaigrette★★★ KITCHENOn the jar: BUTTERMILK

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Provenance

Virgilio Martínez. Peruvian / Central. Cited awards include: World's 50 Best #1 (2023, Central); World's 50 Best: Best of the Best.

Originally published as Street-Cart Leche de Tigre (Ceviche Carretillero).

Adapted from a Virgilio Martínez recipe (Virgilio Martínez / National Post reprint of The Latin American Cookbook (Phaidon)).

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 Virgilio Martínez / National Post reprint of The Latin American Cookbook (Phaidon) (published as “Street-Cart Leche de Tigre (Ceviche Carretillero)”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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