Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Salsa, Salsa, Salsa. . .

My hubby makes the best salsa around.  It even rivals many of the Mexican restaurants that make their own.   He has grown so much in our 23 years together, going from not eating onions to growing and grilling his own.  
I will share his recipe with you but our secret ingredient is lots of love.  We work in the garden together and we make the salsa together.

20 or so average tomatoes
4-5 jalapeno peppers
1-2 onions
2-3 cloves of garlic
Fresh cilantro
2tbsp cumin
2 limes zested and juiced
This is a 2-3 hour process but well worth the time.
Boil your tomatoes until the skin splits then remove from water and let cool.  Boil your peppers till soft, remove and set aside to cool.  Chop onion and saute in a little olive oil till translucent.   Press garlic and saute till slight brown.  Chop a small bunch of cilantro. 
Once your tomatoes are cool you can slide the skin right off.  We leave ours in a drainer over a bowl to catch excess liquid.  Hubby chops the peppers and sets them aside.  I use the blender to blend everything together.  We do not  care for chunky salsa.   I add some tomatoes, peppers,  onion, garlic, cilantro, and some lime juice and blend then pour into a large bowl.  I do this until everything is well blended then hubby adds the cumin and zest.  This makes about 8 cups of salsa.  We keep ours in the fridge and eat on it for a week or so.  Does not usually last very long with the kids around.   I think our salsa is so good because most everything is cooked and blended.  If you try this let me know how yours turns out. 

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