Salsa Recipes

Avacado and Roasted Tomatillo Salsa

 

1/2 pound tomatillos -- fresh
1/2 small onion
2 cloves garlic -- unpeeled
2 tablespoons cilantro
1 teaspoon salt
1 jalapeno
1 1/2 avocado

Preheat broiler.

Remove husks and 
rinse tomatillos under 
warm water to remove stickiness. 
Halve onion half and 
arrange on rack of a 
broiler pan with 
tomatillos and garlic. 
Broil vegetables 
1 to 2 inches from
heat turning once, 
until softened and 
slightly charred, 
about 10 minutes.

Peel garlic and 
put in a food processor 
with tomatillos, onion, 
cilantro, and salt. 
Wearing gloves, 
discard seeds from jalepeno
if desired and coarsely chop. 
Add jalapeno to tomatillo mixture
and puree until mixture 
is almost smooth. 
Transfer mixuture to a bowl.

Halve and pit avocado 
and scoop flesh 
into tomatillo mixture.
With a fork mash avocado 
into mixture, 
leaving texture coarse.