Yummy! First attempt at home made salsa was a success.

[vi edit]

The peppers are finally starting to ripen up.

Made my first attempt at home made salsa yesterday. And it turned out very good.

Ingredients:

5 roma tomatoes
3 jalapenos
1 scotch bonnett pepper
1 habanero
1/2 sweet onion
2 cloves garlic
8oz can of tomato sauce
dash of cumin powder
tblsp of white vinegar
squirt of lime juice
squirt of lemon juice
dash of salt
spoonful of sugar
5 "stalks" worth of cilantro

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Core out the tomatoes and cube them
De-seed the peppers and cut them up finely
chop the onion
chop the garlic
Toss everything into blender

"Pulse" it a couple quick times in the blender till desired consistency

Bring to a simmer on the stove for 15 minutes

Put into dish and let it cool in fridge over night.

Enjoy!

:thumbsup:

This makes about two cups worth of salsa. We're going to make up a bunch more and can it for the winter.

 

[imported_Pablo]

Best do it yourself salsa:

Some Tomatoes
Vidalia Onions (roasted in quarters on a grill
Chile peppers (roasted whole on a grill
cilantro
salt

All ingredients to taste. Chill overnight and serve.

Its easy and great.

 

[gigapet]

alternately some cucumber can be used as a substitute for tomato sauce

 

[vi edit]

I'd like to get a small smoker to make chipotles. The gas grill is great for cooking, but you can't smoke with it. I'd like to make some smokey chipotle salsa with some Arizona Mesquite and in-law rounds up for me.

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: gigapet
alternately some cucumber can be used as a substitute for tomato sauce

Interesting.

Only bad thing is that I burp up cucumbers for a couple hours after eating them.

 

[isekii]

isn't it cheaper to just buy it in the bottle ?

 

[gigapet]

Originally posted by: isekii
isn't it cheaper to just buy it in the bottle ?

slightly. but what you sacrifice in saving a few dollars is more than made up for in taste and over all enjoyment.

plus making it yourself may actually yield more volume so it might not be cheaper per ounce at all.

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: isekii
isn't it cheaper to just buy it in the bottle ?

Tomatoes were $1.00
Onion was $.20
Peppers were about....$.05 (by volume)
Tomato sauce was $.40
Cilantro was about $.05 (by volume)
Garlic was about $.10 (by volume)
Maybe another $.10 wrapped up in the other stuff

That's under $2.00. Tough to find 32oz of salsa for that much. And be this good. Costs will go down even more next year when I get a full garden in and grow my own tomatoes, cilantro, and onions.

I could probably get it down to about $1.00 a quart, by volume.

Plus making it fresh is fun and just a lot better tasting.

 

[loup garou]

Mine's basically the same, but hold the tomato sauce. I prefer more of a pico consistency. BTW, I always though scotch bonnets and habeneros were the same thing?

 

[dxkj]

Originally posted by: isekii
isn't it cheaper to just buy it in the bottle ?

Are you joking with me???


Cost to grow tomatoes and pepers and other ingredients... a few tomato plants and peppers and hot peppers and other ingredients cost maybe 10 - $20 over the time spent growing it



We made probably 20+ quarts for that cost, if not more..... hrm

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: werk
Mine's basically the same, but hold the tomato sauce. I prefer more of a pico consistency. BTW, I always though scotch bonnets and habeneros were the same thing?

They are *very* closely related. Scotch bonnetts have a bit more "tropical" flavor to them. Kind of hard to describe, it's a bit "fruitier" for a lack of better term. Kind of a tang to them.

I'm going to use a lot of them to make a tropical pepper sauce.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: werk
Mine's basically the same, but hold the tomato sauce. I prefer more of a pico consistency. BTW, I always though scotch bonnets and habeneros were the same thing?

They are *very* closely related. Scotch bonnetts have a bit more "tropical" flavor to them. Kind of hard to describe, it's a bit "fruitier" for a lack of better term. Kind of a tang to them.

I'm going to use a lot of them to make a tropical pepper sauce.

mmm...mango salsa!

 

[BlueWeasel]

How spicy was the finished salsa?

 

[cliftonite]

i love habaneros.

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
How spicy was the finished salsa?

I'm not the best judge. I'm a bit of a masochist when it comes to heat. But, as a control group, my wife ate it and really liked it. She likes stuff spicy, but not painfuly warm.

It's hotter than the "hot" stuff put out by the mainstream products by Pace and the like. But it's not as hot as the pure habanero salsas put out by some of the smaller companies.

 

[40Hands]

I am a fan of corn and bean salsa. With all the other good stuff in it too.