La Nortena's Homemade Salsa
Source of Recipe
La Nortena y Cafe Deluxe, El Paso, TX
List of Ingredients
1 head garlic
6 ripe tomatoes (about 2 1/2 lbs.)
6 jalapeno peppers
cooking spray
3 cups tomato juice
1/4 cup fresh lime juice
Recipe
1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Remove white papery skin from garlic head (do not peel or separate the cloves). Wrap in foil. Bake at 350F for 1 hour; cool 10 minutes. Separate cloves; squeeze to extract garlic pulp. Discard skins.
3. Prepare grill or broiler.
4. Place tomatoes and peppers on a grill rack or broiler pan coated with cooking spray; grill or broil for 15 minutes or until skins are blackened, turning occasionally. Peel tomatoes and peppers.
5. Place half of garlic pulp, half of tomatoes, and half of peppers in a blender, and process until coarsely chopped. Pour garlic mixture into a bowl. Repeat procedure with remaining garlic pulp, tomatoes, and peppers. Stir tomato
juice and lime juice into garlic mixture.
Yield: 7 1/2 cups (serving size: 1/3 cup)
NOTES : This will keep in the refrigerator for up to five days.
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