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condimentgarlic · sour-orange · cumin · oregano · oil

Mojo

Garlic, sour orange and cumin whisked into oil. A marinade, a dressing and an argument.

on its own
5.0sour
1.0sweet
3.0savoury
1.0bitter
1.0umami
order · canon first

2 of these 13 are wild — theory says yes, nobody has cooked them. why →

13 pairings for Mojo.

Garlic

classic

The sauce is mostly this, pounded raw, so the sulfur is never cooked out.

Orange

classic

Bitter Seville juice, not sweet. The acid is what makes it work as a cure.

Plantain

common

Fried starch sugar against raw garlic acid. Nothing else cuts it as cleanly.

Cumin

common

Earthy seed under sharp citrus. The Canarian version is nothing without it.

Chicken

common

Marinate then grill: citrus tightens the flesh, oil keeps it from drying.

Starchy and mild. A spoonful of acid over the top makes it read as a dish.

Octopus

uncommon

Grilled tentacle takes raw garlic and acid better than any butter sauce.

Papaya

rare

Enzyme-sweet flesh against sour citrus and garlic: green papaya salad, relocated.

Bitter cocoa under garlic and cumin is what the earliest moles actually were.

Sour orange and berry share a bright terpene edge; the garlic is the shock.