{"id":4015,"date":"2026-04-05T13:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T12:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/?p=4015"},"modified":"2026-04-05T13:38:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T12:38:58","slug":"avocado-mojo-picon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/avocado-mojo-picon\/","title":{"rendered":"avocado mojo &#8216;pic\u00f3n&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4026\" src=\"https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/avo-mojo-p-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/avo-mojo-p-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/avo-mojo-p-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/avo-mojo-p-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/avo-mojo-p-1-618x618.jpg 618w, https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/avo-mojo-p-1-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/avo-mojo-p-1-444x444.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is from an insta recipe I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DWn2LjPiqr1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">came across the other day<\/a> as I was doing some last minute lazy scrolling before getting up and I immediately thought&#8230; lunch! Especially as I had an avocado that needed using up STAT. Mojo pic\u00f3n is a spicy red pepper and piment\u00f3n sauce from the Canary Islands that is traditionally served with their famous <em>papas arrugadas<\/em>, but these days you find variations of mojos all over the place. For example this one was called an avocado mojo pic\u00f3n even though there was nothing spicy (piquante) in their recipe. I&#8217;ve added the option of a splash of tabasco at the end for a bit of heat. Also important to note that the green pepper used is the sweet Italian version (a bell pepper would be too strong) and I found that half a pepper was enough. Also, I happened to have some fresh cilantro as well as parsley so added both &#8211; recommended!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">My potato option was the riff I do on Nigella&#8217;s perfect roasties&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/air-fryer-roasties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my air fryer version<\/a>. And I have to say it was damn tasty. Try it! But I think it&#8217;s quite versatile. For example, it would make a great dip for veggies or nachos (I tried it in a cheese toastie and&#8230; success!).\u00a0 I&#8217;ve also had it on the side with chicken and swordfish. And I added some mayo to a bit I had leftover and it made a great burger topping with arugula.<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients and instructions below&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 avocado<\/li>\n<li>handful of parsley\/cilantro<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 sweet italian green pepper, roughly chopped<\/li>\n<li>2 cloves garlic, chopped in half<\/li>\n<li>1 lime, juiced<\/li>\n<li>splash of sherry vinegar<\/li>\n<li>90 ml olive oil<\/li>\n<li>20 ml water (if needed)<\/li>\n<li>salt &amp; pepper to taste<\/li>\n<li>splash of tabasco (optional)<\/li>\n<li>more chopped herbs to serve on top<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is easy. Just pop everything into a blender or food processor and blitz it all up until it&#8217;s nice and smooth. Taste and adjust seasoning as desired. Spoon over whatever.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4027\" src=\"https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/avo-mojo-p-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/avo-mojo-p-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/avo-mojo-p-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/avo-mojo-p-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/avo-mojo-p-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/avo-mojo-p-2-618x618.jpg 618w, https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/avo-mojo-p-2-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/avo-mojo-p-2-444x444.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4017\" src=\"https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/avo-mojo-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/avo-mojo-2.jpg 585w, https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/avo-mojo-2-274x300.jpg 274w, https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/avo-mojo-2-406x444.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/>with air fryer chicken and roasties, also on toast with melted cheese and tabasco<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4029\" src=\"https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/avo-mojo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/avo-mojo.jpg 640w, https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/avo-mojo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/avo-mojo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/avo-mojo-618x618.jpg 618w, https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/avo-mojo-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/avo-mojo-444x444.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>with breaded swordfish and air fryer roasties<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is from an insta recipe I came across the other day as I was doing some last minute lazy scrolling before getting up and I immediately thought&#8230; lunch! Especially as I had an avocado that needed using up STAT. Mojo pic\u00f3n is a spicy red pepper and piment\u00f3n sauce from the Canary Islands that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[326,323,237,62],"tags":[72,327,239,194],"class_list":["post-4015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-avocado","category-sauce","category-sauces","category-vegetarian","tag-avocado","tag-avocado-mojo-picon","tag-sauce","tag-vegetarian"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4015"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4032,"href":"https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4015\/revisions\/4032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azahar-spain.com\/kitchen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}