The Roanoker July/August 2023 - 12
Southern Spoonful
It's
Salsa
Season!
written by Becky Ellis
& photographed by Ashley Cuoco
When my summer garden is
lush with tomatoes, peppers and
herbs, I can't wait to make salsa.
S
alsa translates to " sauce "
in Spanish, but in the United
States we tend to think of salsa
as tomato based. I use a molcajete
(the traditional Mexican
version of the mortar and pestle) to make my
traditional tomato salsa.
If you don't have time to make your own
salsa, there are several made-in-Virginia
salsas that are delightful. Gunther's Salsa,
made in Virginia (Salsa Fresca is my favorite
because it tastes so fresh) is available at
the Roanoke Natural Foods Co-op and Food
Lion. Wine Gourmet sells their Medmont
Mercantile salsas - mango lime, peach,
blueberry and tomatillo salsa verde.
MOLCAJETE ROASTED
TOMATO SALSA
Makes 1 ½ cups
* 1½ pounds heirloom tomatoes (or
fresh garden tomatoes), cored and
cut into fourths
* 3 garlic cloves, peeled
* ¼ cup chopped onion
* 1 tablespoon lime juice
* ¼ cup roughly chopped cilantro
* ¼ teaspoon salt
* ½ teaspoon sugar
* Tostitos Cantina Thin and Crispy
Tortilla Chips
Place tomato pieces on a baking sheet lined with
parchment paper, cut side down. Place garlic cloves
next to tomatoes on baking sheet. Broil in oven until
tomatoes are charred (approximately 5-8 minutes).
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Remove garlic cloves when they begin to turn light
brown. Remove tomatoes from oven and allow to cool.
Chop tomatoes into small pieces. Place in malcajete.
Chop garlic and add it to the molcajete. Use pestle
to grind garlic and tomatoes.
Add onion, lime juice and cilantro to molcajete. Grind
with pestle.
Add salt and sugar to tomatoes and grind with pestle
to combine all ingredients.
Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready
to serve. Serve with tortilla chips for dipping.
In addition to classic tomato based salsa, I like to
make salsas of all kinds - mango, queso blanco (white
cheese), salsa verde (tomatillo). The variations are
limited only by our imagination. Queso Blanco is especially
delicious served on quesadillas.
Queso Blanco Chicken
Quesadillas Topped
with Calabacitas
Fresh vegetables make a colorful topping for quesadillas.
Calabacitas (which translates to " little squash " in
English) is a Mexican dish made from sautéed zucchini
or squash, corn, tomatoes and peppers.
QUESO BLANCO CHICKEN
QUESADILLAS TOPPED WITH
CALABACITAS
Makes 4 quesadillas
* 1.25 pounds boneless skinless
chicken breasts
* 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
* 2 teaspoons Tajin Clásico seasoning
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