Roasted Tomato And Serrano Chile Salsa Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat a medium heavy griddle or cast-iron pan over medium-high heat. Add the whole tomatoes, serrano chile and shallot and roast on the dry skillet, turning frequently, until golden brown on all sides, about 8 minutes.
• Transfer the vegetables and chile to a food processor and add the chicken broth and cilantro. Pulse until smooth but with some small pieces remaining, or to the desired consistency. Season with salt and pepper.
• Serve immediately or cool to room temperature and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.

Steps:

• Roast the tomatoes on a griddle until they blacken on all sides.
• Remove and set aside.
• Toast the garlic cloves until they soften.
• Meanwhile, toast the chiles until they brown on the sides.
• Place the garlic, chiles and a few tomatoes into a blender; blend until smooth, then add the rest of the tomatoes.
• Turn on the blender very briefly, leaving tomatoes with a rough texture.
• Remove the salsa from the blender, add the cilantro, and season with salt.

Steps:

• 1. Make sure your kitchen is well ventilated. Put a piece of aluminum foil in a heavy sauté pan (preferably cast iron) and set it over medium-high heat. Place the whole tomatoes, chile, and garlic cloves in the pan and dry-roast them on all sides until well charred and soft. The garlic and chiles will be done quickly; the tomatoes may take 10 minutes or longer to cook.
• 2. Peel the garlic and stem the chile. Place the tomatoes, garlic, and chile in a food processor with the onion, salt, and cilantro. Pulse until the salsa is smooth and taste for seasoning. The salsa will keep, refrigerated, for several days. Reseason before use.

Steps:

• Bring a medium pot of water to a boil and cook tomatillos 6 minutes. Add garlic and cook with tomatillos for 2 minutes more. Drain and rinse with cool water.
• Add tomatillos, garlic, chiles, lime, oil, salt, cumin, and cayenne to a blender or the bowl of a food processor and process until combined but slightly chunky. Add cilantro and onion and lightly pulse to combine. Texture should remain slightly chunky. Season with salt if necessary.
• Do Ahead
• Salsa can be made 5 days ahead. Chill in a resealable container.

Steps:

• Remobe husks from tomatillos and rinse.
• Place them on a baking sheet, on top rack under broiler.
• Broil about 4 minutes on one side, unrit blackened and soft, then turn and roast other side.
• Let cool on sheet.
• Heat a skillet over medium heat, and chiles and garlic.
• Roast chiles 5 to 10 minutes, until blackened and soft, turning occasionally.
• Roast garlic about 15 minutes.
• Remove and let cool, then pull stems from chiles, and peel garlic.
• Put tomatillos, garlic, and chiles in a food processor and coarse-blend.
• Transfer to a bowl and add 1/4 cup of water to bring to"salsa consistency.
• "Stir in onion, cilantro, salt and pepper to taste.

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.