Saturday, August 9, 2008

Fresh Garden Salsa



Our neighbors have a good size garden and in bumper crops the neighbors benefit.

First it was squash, now it's tomatoes.

So one of the things I decided to try was to make salsa. Val makes a very good chunky pico like salsa, this one is more blended. These are things we happened to have around the house.

Ingredients
2 Medium tomatoes
1-3 Jalapeno peppers (cored and seeded)
1 Tablespoon garlic
1/2 Onion
1/2 cup (or so) cilantro
Juice from 1 lime
1 Teaspoon Olive Oil
Salt and Pepper to taste

Mix garlic, onion, peppers and cilantro in food processor.

Roast tomatoes (either on the grill or in the broiler) until peels blister.

Peel tomatoes, core and remove seeds using a spoon and add to the food processor along with lime juice and olive oil.

Salt and pepper to taste.

That's it. Something to do with extra tomatoes.

This makes a very mild salsa, to turn up the heat add some of the jalapeno seeds. It is what I will do next time

You can also make your own chips by quartering corn tortillas and frying them until golden. Salt to taste.

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