Make salsa! Portland had a terrible growing season this year. I had two tomato plants in my back yard and they did not offer up much ripe produce. It was very disappointing. We basically had a never ending Spring. We finally gave up hope and cut down the plants a week or so ago but Rene found these five nicely formed, but green, tomatoes and brought them inside. I put them in the window and one of them actually ripened, the other four stayed stubbornly green. I know there are plenty of recipes for green tomatoes, Fried Green Tomatoes is one of my all time favorite movies, but I try to stay away from frying-the hot oil intimidates me. We do however eat a lot of salsa....
Here we have my four pitiful green tomatoes, one serrano chile, three cloves of garlic and a handful of cilantro. All of those went into the VitaMix along with a healthy sprinkle of salt and became:
Quite a tasty salsa! I'm not sure now flavor wise what is the difference between tomatillos and green tomatoes, I do think this salsa has a somewhat tarter flavor to it, but it's only slightly different than the green salsa I make with tomatillos. Regardless, we all liked it and I don't have to stare at unripe tomatoes while I do the dishes anymore, win/win!
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