Roasted Salsa
This week is New Year’s and that means Tamales. We plan to make Cream Cheese Chili Tamales and Turkey Tamales. Here is the recipe for those . To go with the Tamales I usually serve salsa and cheese sauce. I decided to make a fresh salsa this time rather than buying something from the store. I usually use a combination of these ingredients (how many I used this time): Tomatoes (4) Tomatillos (8 small) Poblano Peppers (2) Jalapeno Peppers (6) Garlic (20 cloves) Onion (2 med) Cilantro (1 bunch) Lime (4) Salt (2 tsp) In the past we have put these veggies in the smoker and it makes a great smoked salsa. I have also made the salsa with all these things, uncooked. The raw salsa is a little “liquidy”. This time I decided to roast everything in the oven, except the cilantro and lime. I roasted them slowly (325°) for about an hour. Everything was nice and dry. I took off any dried skins, but if they didn’t come off easily, I left them on. All the veggies went into th...