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1 October, 2013 By Mary | 4 Comments

Roasted Tomatillo Salsa

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Roasted Tomatillo Salsa

We've skipped right over fall, straight into winter. Almost. It's rainy and cold and gross outside (and we saw plenty of snow this weekend), and last week was our first official freeze. That means the garden is done for the year, so I picked everything last week before the freeze. Among the bounty: tomatillos!

Roasted Tomatillo Salsa

I was REALLY excited to grow tomatillos this year, and never have before, but was then disappointed when my tomatillo plants got some sort of virus early in the season. A few of them died, and a few of them I tried to minimize damage, so when we have to move in July I only brought two plants to our new little garden. After a month of being in the ground here, though, they started flourishing! With such a short grow season, they still didn't have quite enough time to produce everything they were trying to, but I still ended up with a nice bowl full of slightly-small tomatillos. Perfect!

Roasted Tomatillo Salsa

I looked over various tomatillo salsa recipes, and concluded that basically anything goes. Throw in the essentials, which are all up for debate, blend it up: SALSA! I immediately sat down with some (stale) chips and ate about two cups of this stuff. Seriously delicious.

Roasted Tomatillo Salsa

The plan was to make something (enchiladas?) with the salsa, but it definitely didn't make it that far. Down the hatch instead!

Roasted Tomatillo Salsa

I was a bit worried about using all of the tomatillos, some of them were clearly not ready to be picked (far too small), but after doing enough research it seems that being under-ripe is NOT a bad thing for using tomatillos. It all turned out fine for me!

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Roasted Tomatillo Salsa

  • Author: by Mary
  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Cook Time: 5 mins
  • Total Time: 15 minutes
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Ingredients

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  • 15-20 tomatillos, sliced in half
  • 4 jalapeños, top stem cut off
  • 5 whole garlic gloves, peeled
  • ½ onion, chopped
  • Juice of 1 lime
  • ¼ cup fresh cilantro
  • salt & pepper

Instructions

  1. Turn your oven broiler on high and line a baking sheet with foil.
  2. Arrange the tomatillos (cut side down), jalapeños, and garlic cloves on the foil and place about 4" under the broiler. Let cook for 4-6 minutes, or until the skins on the tomatillos are starting to blacken.
  3. Remove from the heat and transfer (along with all juices on the foil) to a blender. Add the onion, lime juice, and cilantro. Blend until mostly smooth, and add salt & pepper to taste.

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  1. Eileen says

    October 01, 2013 at 9:33 pm

    Ooh, homegrown tomatillos must make the best salsa! This sounds so good that I might just plant tomatillos myself next year. 🙂

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  2. Hungry teenager says

    October 19, 2013 at 2:46 pm

    Are you still doing the thing where you post nutrition information with your recipes? I really appreciated when you did that 🙂 thanks for the delicious ideas!

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    • Mary says

      October 21, 2013 at 10:26 am

      I have completely overlooked the nutrition info recently - sorry!! The website I was using to insert it shut down, so I'll just have to find a new one. Thanks for the reminder!

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