Authentic Old World Puerto Rican Sofrito

Ingredients:
One Large Red Bell Pepper. Dont you dare use a jar of roasted peppers! Not in my recipe, do
not insult our ancestors! Follow instructions!
One Large Yellow Onion
14 Aji dulce
1 head of garlic (roasted) You can do this by drenching the garlic head in olive oil, wrap it in
aluminum foil and throw in the oven for 3 min at 3!" #$in will just peel right off
14 cup P!""#$ Alcaparrado
1% cup #&tra 'irgin Oli(e Oil
%) Recao Lea(es * +o,e people call this culantro. -an t.picall. /e found in Latin or Asian
,ar0ets.
1 Bunch -ilantro
1 t/sp 1resh 2round Blac0 Pepper
1 t/sp Oregano
1 tsp 2round "oasted -oriander +eeds
1.3 t/sp +ea +alt
14 tsp -itric Acid * ,. grand,a used the juice of one le,on
!f .ou prefer to just purchased this sofrito read. ,ade4 just go to ,. store5 6ade fresh e(er.da.5

Step 1 %&' ()#% *(+),%-N% #%'+" !t7s /een lost through the newer generations of ,isinfor,ed
people. #(er wonder wh. 6e&ican +alsa tastes so good8 !t7s /ecause the. roast the (egeta/les. ,)-#%
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Peel the onion and cut into 4 parts4 cut top off red /ell pepper and discard seeds4 cut tops off aji
peppers.

Step 2 * -hop up and put all the ingredients in a food processor.
$on7t forget to add the spices

Step 3 Process for a/out 1 ,in or until all the (egeta/les are at a consistenc. li0e picture /elow.


Step 4 - +toring .our +ofrito9 +o,e people li0e storing their sofrito in ice cu/e tra.s4 ,.
grand,other too. :ust please4 for the sa0e of sanitar. and possi/le food conta,ination with 2od 0nows
what. ;se an ice cu/e tr. with a lid or top. ! found this one at Bed Bath Be.ond and ! thin0 it cost just a
couple of /uc0s. You don7t want .our sofrito de(eloping free<er /urns4 that7s just .u0000000ie5


ip! "his is what ! do. After the sofrito is fro<en ! ta0e it out of the tra.7s and store it in a free<er safe
<ip loc0 /ag. After all4 it7s a/out 0eeping e(er.thing fresh right8