Salsa recipes

Ape Lincoln

As anyone a good recipe for salsa they would like to share? I have tried a few different methods but am not satisfied.

the beer revolu

A punnet of cherry tomatoes, chopped.
A bunch of spring onions chopped.
A mango, diced.
A clove of garlic, minced.
A chilli of your choice, finely chopped.
The juice of a lime.
A pinch of sugar.
A dash of tequila.
Salt.
Pepper.
A bunch of fresh coriander, chopped.

All in a bowl.
Mix carefully but well.
Eat.

Ape Lincoln

Twquila? Interesting, must try that. Do the herry tomaties make for a better salsa? I had been using regular ones. I tend to use red onion too.

Recently I made cooked salsa for Mexican/ranch eggs. I later left it cool and put it in the fridge and it made a decent dip fir tortillas a lá the shop bought stuff in jars

the beer revolu

Yeah. A little drop of Tequila just gives it that 'something'. Vodka or gin good too if no tequila to hand. No problem omitting it either.

Any tomatoes will do but the nicer the tomatoes, the nicer the salsa. A punnet of cherry tomatoes is a handy measure.

If I use onions, I like to chop them first, salt them an put in the bowl with the citrus juice. Then put the chopped tomatoes on top and not stir it til the end. This let's the onion marinate a bit, taking the harshness off them.

patsypantaloni

My (totally inauthentic but hopefully still delicious) salsa recipe:

4 plum tomatoes, roughly chopped
Half a red onion, finely diced
One chilli finely diced/dried chilli flakes to taste
Tablespoon fresh coriander, chopped
Good sprinkle of sea salt and black pepper
Juice of half a lime
Drizzle of olive oil
Drizzle of balsamic vinegar

Mix it all up, then dig in

Ape Lincoln

Does anyone peel their tomatoes? I did that today as I tend to prefer sqlsa as a sauce/dip rather than like a mixed tomato salad.

I think I ruined it (again) by using either too much corriander or red onion - though I did try the trick with leaving the onion in a bowl with some lime juice and salt.

Tom Dunne

the beer revolu wrote: »

Yeah. A little drop of Tequila just gives it that 'something'.

I've gotta try this.

I put a dash of bourbon into my chilli and it ads a subtle flavour to it, so adding tequila to salsa a natural progression.

I'll just keep telling myself that....