Roasted Garlic Tomato Salsa Recipes

ROASTED TOMATO SALSA I

Steps:

• Preheat the broiler.
• In a medium baking dish, place roma (plum) tomatoes, garlic, onion and jalapeno chile pepper. Drizzle with olive oil.
• Checking often, broil 5 to 10 minutes, or until outsides of vegetables are charred.
• Remove vegetables from heat. Remove and discard tomato cores, jalapeno stem and garlic skins.
• In a food processor, coarsely chop the charred vegetables. Transfer to a medium bowl and mix in cumin, salt, lime juice and cilantro.

ROASTED GARLIC TOMATO SALSA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• On a large piece of foil, lay the bulb of garlic. Drizzle olive oil on top of the garlic. Lift up the edges of the foil and squeeze them together to form a "tent". Bake in a preheated oven for 25 minutes.
• Then remove from the oven and using hot mitts, open the foil. Let cool.
• Once cooled, using the flat edge of a knife or a spoon, squeeze each garlic clove out of the skin. Set aside for a moment to cool further if needed.
• In a blender, add the cut tomatoes, onion, cilantro, jalapeno, roasted garlic and salt. Blend on the sauce setting.
• Do a taste test to see if more salt is needed. If so, add the salt and use the pulse setting to mix it in.
• Chill in the refrigerator before serving.

ROASTED TOMATO SALSA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil for easier cleanup.
• Mince 1 of the jalapenos and set it aside.
• In a large bowl, combine the remaining jalapenos, tomatoes halves, onion, garlic, tomato paste, 1 tsp salt, 2 tablespoons oil, cumin and cayenne. Toss gently to thoroughly mix. Place on the baking sheet, cut sides down where applicable, and roast until the tomatoes are tender and skins begin to shrivel and brown, 35-45 minutes.
• Cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes.
• With tongs, transfer roasted onions, garlic and jalapenos to food processor. Process until the mixture is smooth, about10 seconds. Scrape down sides of bowl. Add tomatoes and process until they're chunky - 5-10 seconds more.
• Pour into serving dish and stir in reserved minced jalapeno, cilantro and lime juice. Add salt to taste.
• NB - If your tomatoes are very acidic, add sugar, a little at a time, to mellow the flavor to suit your taste.
• Serve with your favorite chips, over eggs, to make nachos, just with a spoon -- ;-).