We’re slowly approaching first anniversary of this blog. It was, and still is, a great journey; the one where I continually learn, improve and look forward to exploring more fresh ideas and recipes. I also look forward to tweaking the existing ones, making them even easier and tastier.
Last year I was quite certain that I’ve found a perfect roasted tomato salsa recipe. Of course, such assumption was incorrect. This year’s salsa is even simpler, yet more delicious. The stars of this salsa are overripe Roma tomatoes. They are currently super cheap and abundant, so there is no reason to not stock up on homemade salsa. Also, you want to really roast the heck out of them, so all the juices and flavours thicken.
INGREDIENTS:
(Yields about 10 cups of salsa / 0.42 EUR per cup / 4.19 for all)
3 kilos of Roma tomatoes (2.80 EUR)
4 large onions (0.40 EUR)
2 whole garlic bulbs (0.53 EUR)
1/3 cup olive oil (0.44 EUR)
1 tsp salt (0.01 EUR)
1 tsp freshly ground black pepper (0.01 EUR)
METHOD:
Preheat oven to 200°C. Wash and halve the tomatoes, discarding any suspicious parts which have started to go bad. Spread tomatoes with their skins facing down in a single layer on a large baking tray. You’ll probably need to use at least two large trays for the amount of tomatoes in this recipe. Quarter onions with their skins intact, then nest among tomatoes while turning their skins upwards. This will prevent the onions from burning and you’ll later easily peel the skins off the roasted onions. Scatter around whole garlic cloves, also with their skins intact. Season generously with salt and pepper, then drizzle everything with olive oil.
Roast for one to one and a half hour, until tomatoes have shrunken down and are slightly caramelized. The exact roasting time will vary depending on your oven and water content in tomatoes. Also, you’ll definitely need to increase roasting time if your oven is crowded with more than one tray. If that’s the case, be sure to replace baking trays halfway through to ensure even doneness.
Allow things to cool enough to handle before peeling the skins off of onions and garlic. Add everything to a food processor and blitz to desired consistency. Just be sure to scoop all of the delicious juices from the bottom of the tray. Taste and adjust seasoning, distribute salsa between containers and store in freezer. Use as a ready-made pasta sauce, pizza topping, tomato soup base or instead of ketchup.
Polako se približavamo prvoj godišnjici ovog bloga. Ovo je bilo, i još uvijek je, divno iskustvo, u kojem stalno učim i napredujem, te se veselim istraživanju novih ideja i recepata. Također se radujem i modificiranju onih postojećih, kako bi bili što jednostavniji i ukusniji.
Prošle sam godine bila prilično uvjerena u to da sam našla savršeni recept za šalšu od pečenih rajčica. Naravno, takava je pretpostavka bila pogrešna. Ovogošnja je šalša još jednostavnija, a opet ukusnija. Zvijezde ove šalše su prezrele rajčice šljivari. Trenutačno su super jeftine i ima ih u izobilju, pa bi bilo šteta ne napraviti zalihu domaće šalše. Također, treba sve peći što duže, kako bi se svi sokovi i arome zgusnuli.
SASTOJCI:
(Za oko 10 šalica šalše / 3,14 kn po šalici / 31,44 kn za sve)
3 kg rajčica šljivara (21,00 kn)
4 velika luka (3,00 kn)
2 cijele glavice češnjaka (4,00 kn)
1/3 šalice maslinovog ulja (3,33 kn)
1 žličica soli (0,01 kn)
1 žličica svježe mljevenog crnog papra (0,10 kn)
PRIPREMA:
Zagrijte pećnicu na 200°C. Operite i raspolovite rajčice, s time da bacite sve sumnjive dijelove koji su se krenuli kvariti. Raširite rajčice sa kožom prema dolje u jednom sloju po velikom protvanu. Za količinu rajčica u ovom receptu vjerojatno će vam trebati dva velika protvana. Raščetvorite luk skupa sa ljuskom, pa ga ugnijezdite među rajčice, tako da je ljuska okrenuta prema gore. Na taj način vam luk neće zagoriti, a ljuska će samo skliznuti dolje kada bude pečen. Raštrkajte okolo cijele češnjeve češnjaka, također sa netaknutom ljuskom. Sve dobro začinite sa solju i paprom i pokapajte maslinovim uljem.
Pecite od jednog sata do sat i pol, dok se rajčice ne smežuraju i lagano karamelizijaru. Točno vrijeme pečenja ovisiti će o vašoj pećnici i količini vode u rajčicama. Također, morati ćete peći duže ako vam je pećnica natrpana i pečete u više protvana, a u tom slučaju imajte na umu da zamijenite protvane na pola pečenja kako bi se sve ravnomjerno ispeklo.
Pustite da se sve malo ohladi prije nego što ćete oguliti ljuske sa luka i češnjaka, te sve izblicajte u multipraktiku do željene gustoće. Obavezno pokupite i sve fine sokove sa dna protvana. Kušajte i prilagodite začine, raspodijelite po teglama i čuvajte u zamrzivaču. Upotrijebite kao gotovi umak za tjesteninu ili pizzu, kao bazu za juhu od rajčice ili umjesto kečapa.
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