Recipe for passion fruit hot sauce, or ají de maracuya, is a mildly spicy creamy salsa made with passion fruit juice, ajies or hot chile peppers, lime juice, olive or avocado oil, and cilantro.
Course Condiment, Salsa, Sauce
Cuisine Ecuadorian, Latin
Keyword Aji de maracuya, Aji sauce, Hot sauce, Passion fruit, Passion fruit sauce
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 15 minutesminutes
Total Time 25 minutesminutes
Servings 2cups of passion fruit aji sauce
Ingredients
4-5ajies or hot peppersuse Ecuadorian red aji peppers or Peruvian aji Amarillo, can also use red fresno chiles or habaneros as a backup
1 ½cuppure passion fruit juice or concentrate
1/3cuplight olive oil or avocado oil
Juice of 1 lime
Salt to taste
Optional - finely chopped cilantro
Instructions
Boil the ajies or hot peppers for about 10-15 minutes.
Place the hot peppers in cold water to cool down.
Remove the skins and the seeds/veins.
Blend the peeled ajies with the passion fruit juice, light olive or avocado oil, and lime juice until you have a smooth sauce.