Make this strawberry salsa before the end of the season

There is no Latin blood. I’m from a Russian stock that glows in the dark, but I’m a serious Mexican food snob. I spent 30 years in Arizona. There, he understood Mexican food as a whole of the culinary ecosystem that transcended tacos.appreciate Sylvanasalcido EsparzaGourmand Gran Reserva can be balanced with a 2am burrito. Of the belt Drive-through.I cry for people who will never experience some Pozole When elote Available in the valley, even after dining in some very luxurious places, I still call it midnight SonolandogA unique and perfect meal, sourced from a parking tent.

So it’s no wonder I’m constantly discovering new aspects of Mexican cuisine – I found five years ago. La Santisma— Central Phoenix disarmament spot with a swirling menu. Salsa Bar is like a spectacular acid journey —a Rainbow In addition to traditional tomato and tomato-based options, Hikamasalsa, Pecan Salsa and Strawberry Salsa, and 20 options to return to the bar every 5 minutes to try new things are added. I’ve been thinking about that strawberry salsa for years.

My adoption home, Portland, isn’t the mecca for great Mexican food that my snobs come to, but there’s something that Phoenix doesn’t have. It’s a food strawberry. These small and sweet June gems have a very finite lifespan. When flashing, you miss the three-week harvest season. They only last about 24 hours in the refrigerator before molding. The hood is legendary here at PDX (I wish it wasn’t intentional), And the news of their arrival floods Reddit, Twitter, and text messages.“

Strawberry hunting is exhausted, it’s a pain in the buttocks to process, and it’s often a little too long to let go. Last year I stared at the last berry. It was a little too far below freezing, but on the 115 degree day I wasn’t determined to make jam. So I grabbed a pastry cutter, crushed the berries in a homemade Huy Fong sauce and fermented them overnight to get to the tastiest salsa I’ve ever made. But it was fleeting because it relied on fresh strawberries.As Lifehacker Senior Food Editor Claire Lower and I Picked in a strawberry field This year we dyed our fingers with juice and I told Claire about salsa, The person who asked immediately, “Would you like to write about it?” This recipe is not fermented, but it’s great.

Strawberry salsa

• 1 red onion
• 2 red peppers
• 1 orange pepper
• 5 banana peppers
• 3/4 cup of strawberry vinegar
• 1 tablespoon salt
• Worcestershire sauce splash 1

This recipe makes about 4 cups of salsa. For reproducibility, and inadvertently spicy this year’s phiffon sauce, I started with a bell pepper base instead.You will also need Ripe strawberry. If you buy strawberries in a grocery store, put them on the counter and in the sun, it will take enough time to get a nice red, usually about a day. Then cut out all the white areas. I only want the red part of the berry. Crush the remaining produce enough to enter the food processor. Pulse the peppers and onions together into a coarse chop. Add half of the strawberries and pulse again until together. Strawberries are likely to become pink bubbles.Add salt, WorcestershirePulsate once or twice fast with, vinegar, and the last berry. The second batch of berries still has some body on them. now, Keep it in the refrigerator overnight.

Some notes: YI don’t need strawberry vinegar —It can be any vinegar. But there are many strawberry tops, so put them in a bottle with white wine vinegar to make strawberry vinegar. And you will have it for next year. You don’t have to use the exact same pepper mix every time —Adjust according to the level of spices. Try to stay within the red / orange color array (eg red jalapeno) to maintain its brilliant color. If you were wass Skip the Huy Fong sauce and stay with the peppers. Worcestershire sauce may look like umami, but it really adds a bit of umami kick that puts it all together.

And now all the best news: it freezes brilliantly. On the skylark, I threw half a cup of precious salsa into Tupperware and the freezer and left it this morning to thaw it on the countertop. At room temperature It was still great. In other words, dreaming of the strawberry season, you’ll be eating food berry salsa in January, sipping margaritas under 12 blankets in front of the heater.