Stone-ground Salsa

 From 'Mexico The Cookbook' by Margarita Carrillo Arronte
 
Stone-ground Salsa This recipe needs to be crushed by hand in a molcajete. But this extra works adds an extra depth to the flavour.

Ingredients Recipe
  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
  2. Put the tomatoes, chillies, and garlic into a roasting pan and roast for 15 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven.
  3. Peel the tomatoes.
  4. Put the chillies and garlic into a molcajete and sprinkle with salt, then pound.
  5. Add the tomatoes and pound a little more. Taste and adjust the seasoning if necessary.
  6. Leave in the molcajete and spoon out to serve as needed.