Thursday, January 29, 2009

Roasted Tomato Salsa

Roasted Tomato Salsa
PREP TIME 10 Min COOK TIME 10 Min READY IN 20 Min Original recipe yield 3 cups
INGREDIENTS 12 roma (plum) tomatoes 2 cloves garlic, unpeeled 1 small onion, quartered 1 jalapeno chile pepper 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1/4 teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro DIRECTIONS 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.

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