Chamoy
Traditional Mexican recipe used as a sauce for fruit, micheladas, chamoyadas, mangonadas, etc!
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 220kcal
Equipment
- Blender
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup Apricot jam Feel free to make your own!
- 2 tablespoon Chile ancho flakes Substitute with 1- 2 natural chilies if you can find them where you live! unveined and unseeded
- 1/3 cup Lime juice Or the juice of 4 big limes
- 2 tbsp Sugar I use brown sugar. Make sure it is vegan friendly! Replace with another 2 tbsp of jam if you want this to be "no sugar added"
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 4 Prunes Optional
- 2 tbsp Tamarind pulp Optional, makes it a bit more sour!
Instructions
- Make sure you have all the ingredients
- If you are using fresh chilies, make sure to remove the seeds and veins unless you want it very spicy! If you are using chili flakes, a good trick is to put them with a little bit of water the day before so they are softened and then, they'll integrate better when blending
- If you are using prunes and your blender is not too powerful, I suggest that you put them in a little container with some boiling water for 10 minutes to prepare them for the blender
- Add all the ingredients in the blender and blend in high for about 1 minute. Check if everything is very well integrated and blend again if required
- Enjoy!
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Notes
- Calories depend on the apricot jam used! read the label and the resulting chamoy will have a little bit less than that due to the lemon juice
- For selecting the best jam: I like St. Dalfour Jam because it uses fruit juices instead of sugar, but you don't have to buy this brand! my recommendation is to check that the jam does not contain added sugar
- Chile ancho flakes are commonly found in supermarkets, just ask and they are very likely to have it in stock. Of course, it tastes better with fresh chile ancho, but I know it can be difficult to find (I live in London and, I have this issue!)
- Lime juice. I love being practical, just like you, so, if you don't want to extract the juice of the limes, just buy the juice in the supermarket, it is usually cheap and very convenient for a lot of recipes!
- This recipe is great as a side dish with fruits like mango and apples. It is ideal for chamoyadas, mangonadas, micheladas!
- The traditional recipe includes the prunes! but I honestly prefer it without them. For a twist, you can make this sourer if you include pulparing pulp. Depending on where you are coming from in Mexico, there can be other variations for the recipe