Five Mexican sauces to spice up your Cinco de Mayo fiesta table!

SALSA ROJO (TRADITIONAL MEXICAN SALSA)
Yield: About 1 cup

Ingredients:
1-3 cloves roasted garlic 1/4 white onion, roasted and finely chopped
1/2-2 roasted jalapeo or serrano peppers, seeded (use poblano peppers for a milder salsa)
2 roasted Roma tomatoes
1/4 cup fresh cilantro
Juice of 1 lime
Salt and pepper, to taste

Procedure:
1. Grind garlic in a molcajete. Add onion, peppers, tomatoes and cilantro, grinding until you have a nice, smooth sauce.
2. Add lime juice and season to taste with salt and pepper.

SALSA VERDE
Yield: About 1 1/2 cups

Ingredients:
1-3 cloves roasted garlic 1/4 white onion, roasted and finely chopped
1/2-2 roasted jalapeo or serranopeppers, seeded (use poblano peppers for a milder salsa)
3-4 roasted tomatillos
1/4 cup fresh cilantro
Juice of 1 lime
Salt and pepper, to taste

Procedure:
1. Grind garlic in a molcajete. Add onion, peppers, tomatillos and cilantro, grinding until you have a nice, smooth sauce.
2. Add lime juice and season to taste with salt and pepper.

OLE-GUACAMOLE
Yield: About 1 cup

Ingredients:
1/4-1/2 cup Salsa Verde
Juice of 1/2-1 lime
1 ripe avocado
Dash salt

Procedure:
Using a molcajete, grind and mix together all ingredients.

PICO DE GALLO (MEXICAN FLAG SALSA)
Yield: About 1 cup

Ingredients:
2 Roma tomatoes, finely chopped
1-2 jalapeo peppers, seeded andfinely chopped
1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1 lime, ready for squeezing
Salt and pepper, to taste

Procedure:
1. Combine tomatoes, peppers and cilantro. Separate into two bowls.
2. Top one with a squeeze of lime and juice and salt and pepper, to taste.

Peppy Pia Salsa variation: Add 1 cup chopped pineapple to the unsalted Pico de Gallo for a peppy, fresh-tasting salsa.

SALSA DEL SOL (MANGO SALSA)
Yield: About 1 1/2 cups

Ingredients:
1 mango, diced 1/2 red pepper, diced
2 jalapeo peppers, seeded and finely diced
1/4 cup chopped cilantro

Procedure:
Combine all ingredients. For a variation, substitute honeydew melon for mango.
Copyright 2008 by TERESA J. FARNEY
Source: "Salsa, Salsa & Sunset" cooking class

This Molcajete, authentic Mexican mortar and pestle is handcarved of natural volcanic stone so it's just the right shape and texture for grinding herbs, whole spices and rubs, and for mixing sauces and pastes. The molcajete is a must-have for Mexican cuisine including salsa and mle sauces. Each piece is unique, and a beautiful display item for the kitchen, too. Hand-wash. Handmade in Mexico.
• Mortar: 8.5" dia. x 4.5"H.
• Pestle: 2" dia. x 3.5"L

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