Blackened Salsa I

Name: Blackened Salsa I
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 3/4 cups
Ingredients: 1 jalapeno pepper, stem removed, left whole; 2 large shallots, peeled and left whole; 4 garlic cloves (unpeeled); 1/2 pint cherry tomatoes; 2 teaspoons sherry wine vinegar; 1/2 teaspoon salt (plus more as needed); 3 -4 tablespoons water (plus more as needed)

Submitted by Busters friend

"Here begins my quest for a fire roasted salsa to can using home grown tomatoes. From The Washington Post who based it on a recipe from SpiceLines.com. The article suggests this spicy, smoky, black-flecked salsa tastes like the much-loved version at La Fogata restaurant in San Antonio. The article states the recipe doubles easily & can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to a week. As the recipe has no oil, I plan to work it using different peppers (serrano, fish, habanero, Jamaican hot chocolate, congo trinidad) & can the tastiest. Anticipate this will be tried on the grill with some nice Rio Grande & San Marzano maters to chunk up the lil cherries as well - especially if I have leftover heat from using the fire for another purpose. Anticipate adding green (cilantro, green pepper, green onion) at the time of serving as these don't process so well."

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Ready In:: 20mins
Ingredients:: 7
Yields:: 3/4 cups

ingredients

1 jalapeno pepper, stem removed, left whole
2 large shallots, peeled and left whole
4 garlic cloves (unpeeled)
¹⁄₂ pint cherry tomatoes
2 teaspoons sherry wine vinegar
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt (plus more as needed)
3 -4 tablespoons water (plus more as needed)

directions

Position the top oven rack 4 to 5 inches from the broiler element; preheat the broiler.
Combine the jalapeno pepper, shallots, garlic and cherry tomatoes in a large cast-iron skillet or a roasting pan; place in the oven to broil for 10 to 15 minutes, shaking the pan occasionally, until the vegetables are blackened all over.
Remove from the oven and reserve the garlic; transfer the remaining vegetables to the bowl of a food processor and let cool slightly.
When the garlic is cool enough to handle, discard the papery skins; add the garlic to the food processor, then add the sherry vinegar, salt and water. Pulse or process briefly until the mixture is pureed but still a little chunky. Taste and adjust salt as necessary; thin with water as needed. Serve immediately or refrigerate for up to 1 week.

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Busters friend

Pleasure Island, 73

First about Buster: Buster moved onto whatever comes next on February 26, 2008. He was just shy of five years old. I miss him terribly. He came into our lives when he ran out in front of my car late one night as I was driving home. A just under 4 pound ball of kitten fluff, complete with an ostrich boa tail that stayed straight up as he assessed his new domain. He became a 19 pound longhaired beast who guarded our house (he followed any new guests or servicepeople the entire time they are on the property) & even killed copperheads (among other things with his hunting buddy, Fergus the short-tailed)! Friends never saw his formidible side as he smiled at them & uttered the most incongruent kitten-like mews as he threaded legs! He liked to ride in the car & came to the beach. There are Buster-approved recipes in my offerings - however, HE decided which he wanted to consider - Buster demonstrated he liked pumpkin anything - ALOT -LOL!!! Copperhead count 2006 - Buster 2 (10 inchers w/yellow tails) 2007 - Buster & Roxie 1 (a 24 incher!) Buster woken from beauty sleep - http://www.recipezaar.com/members/home/62264/DSCN0335.JPG Big whiskers - http://www.recipezaar.com/members/home/62264/DSCN0333.JPG For those of you who gave kind condolences - thank you so very much. http://www.recipezaar.com/bb/viewtopic.zsp?t=250301 I love to cook & incorporate techniques from Southern/Mid Atlantic roots (grits, eastern NC BBQ shoulders, Brunswick stew, steamed crabs & shrimp & shellfish, hushpuppies, cornbread, greens, shad roe, scrapple) with Pacific Rim foods & techniques aquired while living in Pacific Northwest, fish & game recipes learned while living in Rocky Mountain region & foods/techniques learned travelling to the Big Island & up into BC & Alberta & into the Caribbean. The Middle Eastern/African likes I have are remnants of my parents who lived for many years in North Africa & Mediterranean before I was thought of. Makes for wide open cooking! Since moving back east we try to go annually in the deep winter to Montreal (Old Montreal auberges & La Reine) & Quebec City (Winter Carnival & Chateau Frontenac)- for unctuous foie gras & real cheeses, French & Canadian meals prepared & served exquisitely, fantastic music & wonderful people - with the cold helping burn off some of the calories! I love putting in our aluminum jonboat & heading across the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) to the barrier islands for foraging & exploring! Bodysurfing is a lifelong sport for me - one that a person's body never seems to forget how to do, once the knack is learned (thank goodness!) I especially miss cool summers & foggy/drizzly days & fall mushroom foraging/anytime of year hot springing in WA, OR, MT, ID, BC & Alberta.

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