Sunday, April 5, 2009

Spicy Tomato-Avacado Salsa

1/2 Bunch cilantro (cut off large stems)
2 scallions, white part and some of the green stem
1/2 Medium onion, peeled
2 Tomatoes
2 serranos or 1 jalapeƱo, stemmed (seeded if you wish)
1 avacado, peeled
1/2 teaspoon salt or to taste

Divide first 6 ingredients into 2 batches. Coarsely chop ingredients of one batch. Put cilantro, scallions and onion from that batch in a blender with 1/2 cut water and pulse briefly. Add tomato and chiles from same batch and pulse briefly again. Add avacado from same batch and pulse again. Do not overblend. Pour into a bowl and set aside.

Finely chop ingredients from other bathc and stir into blended salsa. Add salt to taste. Serve immediately. Makes approximately 4 cups.

Tips:
Don't leave food processor on for long, strain excess juice
Pull Leaves off of cilantro and chop with onion
Avacado should be a creamy texture - cake batterish

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