Te quiero verde ” I Love Green”

Yes it’s that time of year again. The day we have been waiting for all summer has arrived.

It’s Tomatillo Time !

Since finding out I was allergic to red tomatoes last year , I have been looking into making things with these little treasures. All summer I had been fearing that my destructive gardening tendancies would have destroyed my little tomatillo patch out in the back 40, but I managed to save 3 plants, which to my surprise, provided me with more than enough to get me through our long cold winters here in Northern Ontario!

~Tomatillo Salsa Verde~

The Tomatillo is a small, spherical and green or green-purple fruit surrounded by a paper-like husk used in many Latin American sauces.

I like this recipe , because it’s fast simple , and not over complicated, like so many things are these days. The tomatillos have a slightly sticky coating on them after you peel them , so they need a good bath before we are ready to prepare them.

Nothing smells better than roasting peppers. I’m trying to talk John into building us an outdoor wood fired oven , but until then the indoor oven will have to do.

All ready to get started now . Let’s make SALSA!

~Tomatillo Salsa Verde~

Ingredients

4 sweet green peppers

4 jalapenos(more or less depending on how much kick you want )

6 cups(1.5L) chopped tomatillos

2 cups(500mL) chopped onions

8 cloves garlic minced

2/3 cup (150mL) white wine vinegar

1tsp (5mL) salt

1tsp(5mL) ground coriander seeds

1tsp(5mL) ground cumin

1/4 tsp (1mL) ground black pepper

1 cup (250ml) finely chopped fresh cilantro

1/4 cup (60mL) lime juice

Preparation

Roast peppers on an ungreased baking sheet at 450°F oven, turn once until they are getting nice and dark, about 30 minutes. Let cool. You can put a stainless steel bowl over top of them while they are cooling , this will help the skin to come off easy. Peel skins off, take seeeds out and chop.

In a large pot. Mix all of the peppers, tomatillos, onions, garlic, vinegar, salt, pepper, coriander , cumin, and bring to a boil, stirring often.

Reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer for about 5 minutes. Uncover and continue to simmer, stirring occasionally, until no longer watery, about 30 minutes.

Stir in cilantro, and lime juice, and simmer for a couple of more minutes.

Remove from stove and let cool. You can bottle it up, following standard canning guidelines, or in our house, we eat it all up right away. Have fun with it . We sure do . Nothing says Party than a good batch of Salsa!

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