This summer in our CSA share we got a boatload of tomatillos, so I called my auntie Lynn to ask for her secret recipe for her fresh tomatillo salsa. It is delicious, fresh and green and a little spicy. I remember vividly that food moment, the first taste of something really delicious, so good and SO different than anything else I ever had eaten, I was probably 12 or 13 years old. These were tomatillos fresh from her garden. I was a little disapointed when she told me to get it out of a cookbook that we both have, thinking it was her secret family recipe, but I am still happy to have it here in my family recipe archive! I made it this year at my daughter’s second birthday.
From Field of Greens – the Greens Restaurant Cookbook
1 lb tomatillos, husked
1 green jalapeno or serrano chilies, seeded – half if you dont want it too spicey
1/4 cup finely diced red onion
rice wine vinegar
1/2 red or yellow bell pepper, finely diced (about 1/2 cup)
1 tablespoon lime juice
salt
cayenne pepper
2 spoonfuls of sugar
1 tbs cilantro
Coarsly chop 3/4 of the tomatillos and puree them with the jalapenos, this makes the base of the salsa.
toss the onion with the vinegar
chop the rest of the tomatillos and the pepper and add it all to the puree.
season to taste with the salt, cayenne and sugar
add cilantro just before serving
so good!!
