Mexican Black Bean Salsa

Name: Mexican Black Bean Salsa
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 4 1/2 ounces black beans, soaked overnight in water; 1 red jalapeno chile, seeds removed and finely chopped; 1 green jalapeno pepper, seeds removed and finely chopped; 1 large red onion, chopped; 1 lime; 1 tablespoon olive oil; fresh coriander, chopped (quantity to taste); fresh oregano, chopped (quantity to taste); 1 teaspoon honey; 1/8-1/4 fluid ounce red wine vinegar (splash)

Submitted by Mrs B

"This recipe comes from “Preserved” by Nick Sandler and Johnny Acton. The recipe calls for small bunches of oregano and coriander, but I’ve left it up to you how much you use. If you haven’t got time to soak dried beans, based on me experiments weighing beans before and after soaking I guestimate that a 15oz can would probably do instead. Cooking time is resting time. Posted for Zaar World Tour 2005."

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Ready In:: 1hr 45mins
Ingredients:: 10
Serves:: 4

ingredients

4 ¹⁄₂ ounces black beans, soaked overnight in water
1 red jalapeno chile, seeds removed and finely chopped
1 green jalapeno pepper, seeds removed and finely chopped
1 large red onion, chopped
1 lime
1 tablespoon olive oil
fresh coriander, chopped (quantity to taste)
fresh oregano, chopped (quantity to taste)
1 teaspoon honey
¹⁄₈ - ¹⁄₄ fluid ounce red wine vinegar (splash)

directions

Drain the soaked beans, then in enough water to cover them, bring them to a boil then simmer until soft (about 45 minutes).
When the beans are nearly cooked, grate the zest and extract the juice from the lime; place in a large bowl and add the chillies, onion, lime zest and juice, olive oil, coriander, oregano, honey and vinegar.
When cooked, drain the beans and refresh them by rinsing in cold water; add to the bowl, mix the ingredients together thoroughly then place in the fridge for at least an hour before serving to allow the flavours to develop.

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Mrs B

Worcester Park, Surrey

I live with my husband and 2 cats in Worcester Park; a quiet typical 1930s suburb (which no one has ever heard of!) about 12 miles South West of London. I'm a fair weather gardener and as my husband is a vegetarian I grow a few easy vegetables, such as tomatoes and peppers, mainly in containers. My husband loves growing flowers, the brighter the better, and we have a pretty garden as a result. Our cats, Araminta and Purrl, like it too! I do a lot of cooking and try to keep our diet as healthy and varied as possible. Although I work full time, I use very little in the way of pre-prepared foods. This is partly because of the limited choice of vegetarian meals, which I think are overpriced anyway; but mainly because I like to know what goes in my food! I love using the Internet for all the great ideas it gives me. Last year I participated in the Zaar World Tour (under my previous public name Caroline Blakey), which was great. Mr B and I tried lots of new foods and discovered new favourite meals. Researching recipes for the Tour was really interesting, however as I didn't have time to try them all, some were posted untested. I'm still working my way very slowly through them. To make matters worse I keep seeing other recipes I want to save and have also participated in Zaar world Tour II. So many recipes, so little time to make them! <img src="http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b112/kzbhansen/Banners/Animation3.gif"> My 'rules' for posting recipes are a) if I wouldn't make a particular recipe, I won't post it and b) if my husband wouldn't eat it, I won't post it. This means that all my recipes are vegetarian friendly. As you will see from the number of recipes saved in my cookbooks, I particularly enjoy making jams and chutneys; I'd say it was one of my favourite hobbies. We always have a good supply of home preserves; my friends and work colleagues are well supplied too. If we won the lottery (say £5m, as a good number) we'd like to give up work, move to the country and buy a place with a bit of land. In my dreams this would be a manor house or old vicarage, with a walled garden, an orchard where I could keep hens, a vegetable garden, etc, etc, etc! In my more realistic moments (the £1m win perhaps) I would like to run a B&B, perhaps offering Vegetarian taster weekends. Luckily it costs nothing to dream.......I’d also love more time to read, do embroidery, learn a language, see more of the countryside; and of course play on Zaar.

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