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ají panca

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Cultural layer

Origin

Peruvian coast; Capsicum chinense dried to deep burgundy, the second pillar of the Peruvian ají pantry beside ají amarillo

Routes

Sun-dried on the coast and ground into adobos and marinades; anchors anticuchos, the street skewers of Lima

Context

Ají panca is the dark, fruity, almost chocolate register of Peruvian heat: dried, ground, and rubbed into anticuchos. The dish carries its own history: beef hearts were the cut left to enslaved Africans, who turned discard into the street food Lima now queues for. Afro-Peruvian cooks built the flavor the country now calls its own. The chili seasons the evidence.

Route

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