Fresh Apricot Chamoy

In Mexico, the word chamoy is linked to everything from salted dried fruit (known as saladitos), candy, and sauce to seasoning powder and delivers a taste that is sour, sweet, and spicy all at once. At food stalls, you’ll find chamoy-flavored paletas (ice pops) and raspados (shaved ice) as well as fruits and vegetables sprinkled or sauced with it. Food historian Rachel Laudan researched the origin of chamoy and found that it was adapted from see mui, salted dried apricots that were a