Recipe - Everything Salsa

4 New Mexican or guajillo
chiles
4 Chipotle or morita chiles
2 One half pound Vineripened tomatoes; cut
in half
1 Sweet red onion; quartered
1 Head of garlic; top cut or sliced up
off
1 lg Sprig oregano or marjoram
4 cup Water
2 teaspoon Salt
One fourth cup Halfandhalf

Recipes from San Francisco Chronicle:

SOUTH TO NORTH `Everything' Salsa Adds Zing to, Well, Everything

Jacqueline Higuera McMahan

The ideal salsa should be able to adorn many things besides tortilla chips.

This summer, while playing around in the kitchen with luscious tomatoes
from a nearby farm stand, I discovered the perfect Everything Salsa. It's
made with wonderful summer tomatoes, spiked with New Mexico and chipotle
chiles, sweetened with red onion, and smoothed with cream.

Best of all, the recipe makes a full quart and keeps well, refrigerated,
for up to a week. (You can also freeze it, in onecup measures, for several
months.)

That means you've got plenty for those chips but much more, too. You can
brush Everything Salsa onto chicken breasts or pork tenderloins that are
grilling on the barbecue just omit the cream if you're using it on the
grill or use it to lace vegetables for tacos.

It's even nice on pasta, if like me you think salsa goes with just
about anything.

Everything Salsa is best, however, in Stacked Enchiladas one of the
easiest and fastest enchilada recipes I know. It's great for a quick summer
meal and it, too, can be made ahead.

INSTRUCTIONS: Rinse and stem the chiles, then place in a large pot. Add the
tomatoes, onion, garlic, oregano, water and salt. Bring to a simmer, then
reduce heat to very, very low. Simmer for 30 minutes. Place half of the
solid ingredients in a blender. Add about 1 cup of the liquid (do not use
all of the liquid or the sauce will be too thin). Process until the
ingredients are pureed.

Push the puree through a fine sieve into a large saucepan. Use a spatula to
scrape off all bits of puree from the bottom of the sieve.

fRepeat with the remaining solids and 1 more cup or so of the liquid.

Simmer the sauce for about 10 minutes, tasting for seasoning.

Add the halfandhalf and continue to simmer for 5 minutes, until the sauce
smooths out and the flavors come together. Yields about 1 quart salsa.

PER TABLESPOON: 10 calories, 0 g protein, 2 g carbohydrate, 0 g fat (0 g
saturated), 0 mg cholesterol, 69 mg sodium, 0 g fiber. Posted to
CHILEHEADS DIGEST V4 #044 by Judy Howle howle@ebicom.net on Jul 27, 1997