Editor's note: The recipe is from Susan Curtis and Nicole Curtis Ammerman's book Santa Fe School of Cooking: Flavors of the Southwest.

Ingredients

　　4 tablespoons lime, lemon or orange-flavored olive oil

　　2 shallots, minced

　　1 tablespoon fresh marjoram leaves, coarsely chopped

　　1 to 2 serrano chiles, minced

　　Sugar to taste (optional)

　　Thoroughly combine ingredients. Taste and adjust seasonings.

　　Santa Fe School of Cooking: Flavors of the Southwest © 2006 Susan Curtis and Nicole Curtis Ammerman. Reprinted with permission by Gibbs Smith, Publisher. All rights reserved.