Condiments/Sauces

[Zana]

Taste of Cuba Sofrito - Vegetable Paste

Recipe By ascual Perez and Chef Sonia Martinez, Cocina Cubana Club
Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Condiment LowCal (Less than 300 cals)
LowerCarbs

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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21 cherry tomatoes -- chopped
2 green peppers -- chopped
2 large onions -- chopped
8 garlic cloves -- chopped (8 to 10)
1 bay leaves -- (1 to 2)
1 pinch ground cumin
1 pinch dried oregano
3/4 cup Sherry -- or to taste
4 Tbsp olive oil
Salt -- to taste (optional)

Sautee tomatoes, peppers, onion, garlic, bay leaves, cumin and oregano in oil slowly until all vegetables are limp. Add Sherry and let simmer. If you add the salt, taste beforehand as you might not need it at all.

Yields enough for 8 recipe bases

AuthorNote: Sofrito is the base of many typically Cuban recipes. My mom used to chop up all the ingredients (except bay leaf) in a blender and store in a jar with a drizzle of olive oil on top. Stored in refrigerator, it can last about a week. She would spoon out amounts needed for each recipe, add the bay leaf and then sauté and simmer as directed. The secret to a good sofrito is to let it simmer a while so all the tastes meld.

Cuisine:
"LatinAmerican/Hispanic"
Source:
"Taste of Cuba"
S(Formatted by Chupa Babi):
"Sept 2012"
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 123 Calories; 7g Fat (60.4% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 9g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 7mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 1 1/2 Vegetable; 1 1/2 Fat.

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

[Zana]

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[Zana]

Sun-Dried Tomato Dip Recipe

I love to serve this dip for tailgate parties or as an appetizer for any
occasion. It's so quick and easy to pull together and just full of flavor!
—Andrea Reynolds, Rocky River, Ohio

Prep/Total Time: 10 min.
Yield: 8 Servings

Ingredients
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes, drained and patted dry
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
2 green onions, sliced
Assorted crackers and/or fresh vegetables

Directions
• Place the first seven ingredients in a food processor; cover and process until blended.
• Add green onions; cover and pulse until finely chopped.
• Serve with crackers and/or vegetables.

Yield: 2 cups.

Nutritional Facts 1/4 cup (calculated without crackers and vegetables) equals 238 calories, 24 g fat (10 g saturated fat), 46 mg cholesterol, 322 mg sodium, 2 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 3 g protein.

Originally published as Sun-Dried Tomato Dip in Simple & Delicious
January/February 2009, p37

[Zana]

Jalapeno and Tomato Relish

Metric Ingredient Imperial
50 ml olive oil 1/4 cup
750 ml onion, chopped 3 cup
3 garlic cloves, minced 3
25 ml jalapeno pepper, minced 2 tbsp
1.75 kg tomatoes, seeded & chopped 3 1/2 lb
90 ml red wine vinegar 6 tbsp
25 ml sugar 2 tbsp
50 ml fresh basil, chopped 1/4 cup

• Heat oil in large saucepan over medium heat.
• Add onions and saute until softened, about 6 minutes.
• Add garlic and jalapeno peppers; saute about 4 minutes.
• Add tomatoes, vinegar and sugar.
• Cook until almost dry, stirring frequently, about 30 minutes.
• Stir in basil.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Cool.
• Cover and refrigerate.
• Serve with chicken, pork or fish.

Serves 24

[Redbaron]

Here is how I do it.

2 parts sweet yellow banana peppers
2 parts sweet yellow tomatoes or sweet ripe tomitillos
1 part crushed Pineapple
1 part mandarin oranges
1/2 part sweet onion
1/4 part sugar/honey or to taste
1 single green cayenne pepper per quart or to taste
fresh Tarragon to taste
fresh mint to taste
dash of cinnamon to taste

Use a blender on high to blend it smoothy consistency.
Slow cook the mixture several hours and reduce until it resembles a thick apple sauce.
Use a funnel to fill a catsup type bottle.
Cap and refrigerate.

There are very few sweet sauces I like, but this one works! Dipping chicken nuggets, glaze on a Thanksgiving ham, just like tomato catsup on any sandwich or hot dog, like Bar B Q sauce in baked beans or on the grill, in Chinese recipes instead of sweet n sour sauce. You name it.

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SUN DRIED TOMATO PESTO

• 12 sun-dried tomato halves, (2 ounces) dry (not in oil)
• 2 cups boiling water
• 1/4 cup grated Asiago cheese (can sub parmigiana, romano)
• 2 teaspoons packed fresh oregano leaves, or 1/2 teaspoon dried
• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 teaspoon red-wine vinegar
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tsp prepared garlic (if using fresh, see below)

Preparation

1. Slice the top quarter off each head of garlic, exposing the inner cloves. Wrap in foil and roast until soft, about 45 minutes. Open the foil packet and let stand until cool enough to handle.
2. Meanwhile, place sun-dried tomatoes in a medium bowl. Cover with boiling water and let soak until soft, about 20 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the tomatoes to a food processor or large blender. Add 6 tablespoons of the soaking liquid, cheese, oregano, oil, vinegar, red pepper and salt. Squeeze in the roasted garlic. Pulse a few times, then process until smooth, or to the desired consistency, scraping down the sides occasionally.

IF USING WHOLE GARLIC
Preheat oven to 400° F.
Slice the top quarter off each head of garlic, exposing the inner cloves. Wrap in foil and roast until soft, about 45 minutes. Open the foil packet and let stand until cool enough to handle.

This pesto is GREAT on bruschetta

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Sun Dried Tomato Pesto

2 cups sun-dried tomatoes, drained (packed in oil)
1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup packed fresh basil leaf
1/4 cup packed fresh parsley leaves
2 garlic cloves, crushed under a knife and peeled
fresh ground pepper, to taste





Process all the ingredients in a food processor fitted with the metal blade until the mixture forms a coarse paste.

(The pesto can be stored in an airtight container and refrigerated for up to 1 month).

This is EXCELLENT on Bruschetta or as a substitute for pizza sauce.

[ABlindHog]

I am looking for some old time Chili Sauce recipes. Chili Sauce was once a common home canned tomato sauce with many ethnic, regional, and individual family variations. Cook books from the late 1800's and early 1900's often have recipes that call for this sauce as an ingredient, but seldom have recipes for the sauce itself. I am particularly interested in old family recipes, or variations from Texas and it's German and Czech communities,

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Hey Zana! I grow Aji Dulce and they use this pepper in Sofrito quite often!

[Zana]

Hi brokenbar!

I made some last summer and canned it. Just cracked open my last jar this morning...sighhhh. Going to have to make more Sofrito next year. I used Aji Dulce too....and I made a hotter version too with a mix of peppers up to habs...didn't want to overwhelm the flavours with too much heat.

[Nematode]

DO NOT DISCARD THE EXCESS LIQUID.
There got that out of the way, this salsa will get very wet, the juice is as fine a beverage as you will ever taste. Put it in a shot glass and sip, or make some kind of martini.


The amounts on everything are whatever you want, its different every time.


Tomato, chopped. I usually try and have a couple types and colors, but the backbone is almost always sungold.
Red onion finely chopped
Garlic finely chopped/minced
Jalapeno or other hot pepper finely chopped adjust to your preferred heat level
Juice of lime, go a little heavy on the lime juice.
Splash very good olive oil. This adds a richness that is missing without it.
Salt
Cilantro optional.

Let it sit a while and the heat from the peppers will distribute, making a most pleasurable dish.

We have this with chips for summer supper.

I may have to liquify some and make a whole batch as juice......

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by Nematode

DO NOT DISCARD THE EXCESS LIQUID.
There got that out of the way, this salsa will get very wet, the juice is as fine a beverage as you will ever taste. Put it in a shot glass and sip, or make some kind of martini.


The amounts on everything are whatever you want, its different every time.


Tomato, chopped. I usually try and have a couple types and colors, but the backbone is almost always sungold.
Red onion finely chopped
Garlic finely chopped/minced
Jalapeno or other hot pepper finely chopped adjust to your preferred heat level
Juice of lime, go a little heavy on the lime juice.
Splash very good olive oil. This adds a richness that is missing without it.
Salt
Cilantro optional.

Let it sit a while and the heat from the peppers will distribute, making a most pleasurable dish.

We have this with chips for summer supper.

I may have to liquify some and make a whole batch as juice......

Looks good and a lot like some of the stuff we get here sometimes.
Not to take away from it if you get bored try a little cumin in it too but not to much.

Worth

[Nematode]

Sure i'll sprinkle some cumin in sounds good.
It's salsa and very much like the others, but that juice......
I think (not sure) that the oil helps the heat profile also, smooths it into a slow and steady with that nice glow around the lips.

[Worth1]

In one of the Rockford Files episodes James Garner said that some cook he knew cooked with a clove of garlic in one hand and a spatula in the other.
I buy cumin by the pound and freeze it in pint jars.
It is one of the most underutilized spices on the market shelf.

Worth

[rhoder551]

Originally Posted by Nematode

DO NOT DISCARD THE EXCESS LIQUID.
There got that out of the way, this salsa will get very wet, the juice is as fine a beverage as you will ever taste. Put it in a shot glass and sip, or make some kind of martini.


The amounts on everything are whatever you want, its different every time.


Tomato, chopped. I usually try and have a couple types and colors, but the backbone is almost always sungold.
Red onion finely chopped
Garlic finely chopped/minced
Jalapeno or other hot pepper finely chopped adjust to your preferred heat level
Juice of lime, go a little heavy on the lime juice.
Splash very good olive oil. This adds a richness that is missing without it.
Salt
Cilantro optional.

Let it sit a while and the heat from the peppers will distribute, making a most pleasurable dish.

We have this with chips for summer supper.

I may have to liquify some and make a whole batch as juice......

This is a very good recipe... This weekend, I cut up a couple of tomatoes for seed saving, they were both almost 2 lbs so I had a lot of chopped tomatoes. I made your recipe, with a pinch of the cumin, and dang was that salsa good! My tweak was to add cubed avocado....