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Peru, Americas · Anticuchos de Corazón

Anticucho Loaded Potato Wedges

Crispy oven wedges piled with panca-marinated seared beef, charred corn, red onion and creamy ají amarillo mayo: anticucho flavour as a sharing snack.

ServingsServes 2
Total cooking time48 min
DifficultyMedium

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 220 °C. Cut the unpeeled potatoes into wedges about 2 cm thick, soak them in cold water for 10 minutes to rinse off surface starch, then dry them thoroughly with a towel; wet wedges never crisp.

    Add in this stepMedium potatoes 2

    oven

  2. Toss the wedges with the potato oil, half the salt and the smoked paprika and spread them in a single layer on a 30×40 cm baking tray lined with baking paper. Roast for , turning once halfway, until golden and crisp.

    Add in this stepVegetable oil (for the potatoes) 1½ tbspSalt ½ tspSmoked paprika ½ tsp

  3. While the potatoes roast, slice the beef across the grain into 1 cm strips and toss with the panca paste, vinegar, garlic, cumin and the rest of the salt. Leave for 15 minutes.

    Add in this stepBeef sirloin 240 gAjí panca paste 2 tbspRed wine vinegar 2 tspGarlic cloves, grated 2Ground cumin ½ tspSalt ½ tsp

  4. Stir together the ají amarillo paste, mayonnaise and lime juice for the sauce. Slice the red onion paper-thin and put it in cold water.

    Add in this stepAjí amarillo paste 2 tspMayonnaise 3 tbspLime ½Red onion ½

  5. Heat a large frying pan on high heat with the beef oil until it just smokes. Add the well-drained corn and cook for , barely stirring, until it has charred spots, then lift it out. In the same pan, sear the beef spread out in 1 batch(es) for per batch, leaving it untouched for the first minute so it browns deeply.

    Add in this stepVegetable oil (for the beef) 1 tspSweetcorn kernels (frozen or canned) 100 g

    high heat

  6. Pile the wedges on a plate, top with the beef and corn, drizzle with the ají mayo and finish with the drained red onion and coriander. Serve at once.

    Add in this stepFresh coriander (cilantro) 5 g

Cook's tip

No ají amarillo? Stir a little sriracha into the mayonnaise and add plenty of lime. Never crowd the beef: too much at once releases water and it stews instead of searing. Frozen oven fries work in place of homemade wedges.

Cooking it at camp

At the campsite, wrap whole potatoes in foil and cook them at the edge of the coals for 30 to 40 minutes, then split and crush them. Marinate the beef at home, keep it in a cooler below 5 °C and sear it in a cast-iron pan set on the grill.