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Ecuadoran Tamarillo Salsa

By Gina Marie Miraglia Eriquez

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Ecuadoran Tamarillo SalsaRomulo Yanes

Recipe information

  • Total Time

    10 min

  • Yield

    Makes about 1/2 cup

Ingredients

1 fresh tamarillo (tree tomato) or small red tomato
1 fresh serrano chile (preferably red), coarsely chopped, with seeds if desired
2 large scallions (white and pale green parts only), coarsely chopped
1 tablespoon water
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 tablespoon chopped cilantro
1 teaspoon fresh lime juice

Preparation

  1. Halve tamarillo lengthwise, then scoop seeds and flesh into a blender, discarding shell; or coarsely chop tomato and transfer to blender. Add remaining ingredients and 1/2 teaspoon salt and coarsely purée.

TagsSalsaCondimentLatin AmericanTomatoVegetableDairy FreeGluten FreeNut FreeRawVeganVegetarianQuickEasyNo-CookBlenderGourmet
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