Local grocery store for Huacatay Paste & Aji Amarillo

[Enso]

Wanted for a Peruvian dish. Fresh is probably too much to hope for, but these ingreds apparently each come in a jar:

Huacatay paste aka black mint paste
Aji Amarillo is a pepper paste/sauce

...waiting with fingers crossed...

[Enso]

I used Cook's Illustrated suggested sub. for huacatay--a mixture of oregano and fresh mint. Reasonable facsimile.

[bob s]

Don't have an answer for you regarding local sources, but you may find this thread helpful from teh Home Cooking board: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/509782

[mitch cumstein]

Enso I've done my due diligence on this about a year ago(for the huacatay) and came up with nothing... probably called/visited a dozen places in south and northeast minneapolis... please, share if you find some!!!

[Enso]

Thanks for passing that info on...I might just resort to trying to find a good online source!