Thursday, August 14, 2008
OK, it doesn't have to be crazy hot, we just like it that way. We have the hot peppers ready in our garden now, and will have tomatoes to go with them soon too. This is the stuff I made last weekend, for gaming food. (Hmmm, gaming food. That will have to be another post. :) )
Ingredients:
4 medium sized tomatoes (pick a juicy kind - save the Romas for sauce)
1/4 each of a yellow, red and green bell pepper
1/4 medium sized onion
1/2 lime
3 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 Tbsp white vinegar
1/8 tsp dried cilantro
Hot Peppers: for Crazy Hot Salsa, last week I used 1 large red Portugal, 1 small red Cayenne, and 1 medium sized Jalapeno. (There was no reason for this combination in particular - it was what was ready in the garden at the time.) For tamer tastes, just use 2 Jalapenos.
This all makes about 4 cups of salsa - enough for 4 hungry people to polish off in one sitting.
Most of your veggies should be chopped into 1/4 inch pieces - small enough to fit into a "scoop". Chop up your tomatoes, onion and sweet peppers; add vinegars; squeeze out the lime right into the bowl (get the pulp too - use your fingers! Get messy! Woo!). Pulp your hot peppers in a processor, and add judiciously to the mixture. Keep tasting - when your eyes water, it's just about right.
Let your salsa sit out at room temp for about a 1/2 hour, to let the vinegar do its thing - then enjoy!
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