CHAMOY
(Vegan & Sugar-Free)
I love Chamoy but commercially available Chamoy is sweetened with a lot of sugar. So here's my version of Chamoy. I decided to sweeten the sauce naturally using Papaya preserves instead of sugar. So its delicious and sweet without being sickly sweet. The result was a sweet, sour, spicy and tangy taste unlike any other Chamoy you've ever had. The recipe includes a simple recipe for making your own apricot and papaya preserves.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup Apricot Preserves
1/4 cup Papaya Preserves
2 tablespoons of Fresh Lime Juice
1/2 teaspoon of Ancho Chile Powder
Salt to taste
Directions:
Combine all the ingredients in a blender and pulse til smooth.
Use this sauce in fruit salads, mangoneadas and more.
Below are the recipes for the Apricot and Papaya preserves.
The above photos illustrate making Apricot Preserves.
Ingredients for Easy Homemade Sugar-Free Apricot Preserves:
1 pound of Apricots
a twist of lemon or lime juice
Take the seeds out of the apricots. Combine the apricots and lemon juice in a pot over medium heat. Slowly bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer. Cook and stir until they thicken.
Ingredients for Easy Homemade Sugar-Free "Dulce De Papaya" Papaya Preserves:
2 cups of chopped Ripe Papaya
a twist of lemon or lime juice
Make sure to pick out a very ripe Papaya as it will be used as the sweetener in the sauce.
Combine the papaya and lemon juice in a pot over medium heat. Slowly bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer. Cook and stir until they thicken.
The photos below illustrate making Dulce De Papaya (Papaya Preserves).
Ensalada de Frutas con Chamoy
Ingredients:
1/2 Jicama
1 Cucumber
2 Mangos
1 cup Pineapple
Chamoy to taste
Directions:
Chop up the ingredients into bite-sized pieces. Top with Chamoy sauce.
Mangoneada
Ingredients:
1 cup of frozen Mango chunks
1/2 cup of Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice
1 tablespoon of Lime Juice
2 tablespoons of Chamoy Sauce
a pinch of Ancho Chile Powder
Directions:
Put the frozen mango chunks, orange juice and lime juice into a blender. Pulse til smooth.
Put a tablespoon of Chamoy at the bottom of the bowl. Add the mango puree. Top with a tablespoon of Chamoy sauce and a little pinch of chile powder.