Agria

It not only uses the Yucatecan powerhouse chile--the habanero--but also includes the native fruit known as naranja agria, or bitter orange, which is also the secret to great Yucatecan escabeche. ❋ Kurt Michael Friese (2011)

Other unique ingredients include naranja agria (sour orange), habaneros, chaya, and two local bean varieties called ibes and espelones, which figure prominently in the regional cuisine. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In fact, in Náhuatl, xoconostle means tuna agria or sour cactus fruit. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In Cuba the citrus comes courtesy of a naranja agria, or “sour orange,” a fruit that looks like a bumpy green orange but tastes like a lime. ❋ SARA MOULTON (2010)

Now, just for the heck of it, I'm wondering how I might use them in making mermelada de naranja agria. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The Seville oranges, called naranja agria, or bitter orange, are used to make sauces and marinades, especially in the cooking of the Yucatan, as well as marmalades and liqueurs such as Triple Sec and Curaçao. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The limes that seem to be the same as the ones sold here as lima agria are called mexican lime in Calif. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Apparently, lemons are known in Spanish speaking areas as limon. limon agria or limon real. ❋ Unknown (2006)

BTW, the small limes are called lima de Colima here in the south and the big ones are called lima sin semilla or lima agria. ❋ Unknown (2006)

In the Jalisco Highlands, I have found not even one naranja agria, the bitter orange so ubiquitous in Yucatan in any commercial market. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Here, in the heart of Orange County, Veracruz, the variety of naranja agria most common is the naranja cucho. ❋ Unknown (2005)

I particularly enjoy my version of this dish when my naranja agria (bitter or Seville orange) tree is producing. ❋ Unknown (2005)

It's made mostly from lime (well, sour orange juice -- naranja agria -- but that's harder to get) and garlic (how can you go wrong?) with various other ingredients (oregano, olive oil, etc.). ❋ Liz Donovan (2003)