Moderate (roasted): Roasted Tomatillo Salsa - this is a relatively easy recipe to make that works well as a dip for tortilla chips or as a sauce for your burrito.
Ingredients
1 1/2 pounds fresh tomatillos
- 5 fresh serrano chiles or 2 jalapeno peppers
- 2 garlic cloves, unpeeled
- 1/2 cup fresh cilantro
- 1 large onion, coarsely chopped
- 2 teaspoons coarse salt
Preparation:
Preheat your oven to 450 degrees. Remove the husks from the tomatillos and rinse under warm water to remove stickiness. Arrange the chiles or peppers, garlic, onion and fresh tomatillos on a cookie sheet or pyrex pan, drizzle with olive oil and place the pan on the topmost shelf of your oven. Roast for 15 minutes or until tomatillos are slightly browned and tender.
Peel garlic and pull off tops of chiles. Purée all ingredients in a blender
(adopted from Gourmet November 1999, as seen on epicurious.com)
