Being the salsa snob that I am, I take my Tomatillo Avocado Salsa very seriously. It's half salsa / half guacamole and 100% perfection.
For the longest time I was quite intimidated by tomatillos. I didn't know what to do with them, they had their weird husk thing on the outside, and someone once told me they were sour. I was like... hold the phone. No thank you. But as soon as I exited my picky eater stage, I was very much a fan of tomatillos. In my mind it's simple - you take off the husks, give them a good wash with hot water, cut them in half, roast the heck out of them, and then puree them into a salsa. I've done a traditional tomatillo salsa before which is excellent - and today it's a salsa meets guacamole situation that can be used as a dip, as a salsa, as a sauce, or whatever else you please!
Tomatillo Avocado Salsa
Ingredients
- 6 medium Tomatillos
- 2 avocados seeds and skin removed
- zest and juice of 1 lime
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon honey
- ½ jalapeño seeds removed
- ¼ cup cilantro
- ¼ cup white onion diced
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Remove the husks from the tomatillos. Rinse under warm water well and wipe clean. Cut the tomatillos in half and place into a baking pan. Roast for 20 minutes until they are tender.
- Remove and set aside to cool. Add all ingredients to a food processor and pulse for 1-2 minutes until smooth and creamy.
- Let cool, adjust salt and pepper and serve as needed.
I love avocados so much, I almost cried at the baby avocado. Seriously 😀 I eat them every day as well, yet never stop craving them or get sick of them, and my favorite way to eat the beautiful little things is in a chopped up mango/strawberry/jalapeno/cilantro salad, paired with glazed salmon or seared tuna steak. ....Or in home made sushi! 🙂 Ben seems really sweet, what a lucky guy!
YUM. i really love avocados on my BLTs
Little bit of pepper..right out of the skin with a big ole spoon!! Mmmmmm....
I am already a fan of your Facebook fan page. Keep up the great posts!
I'm a sucker for my wife's guacamole. And I love avocado on sandwiches.
This post makes me happy and sad. First I LOVE avocados and have since living in Hawaii where I had an avocado tree in my backyard!! I could eat at least one a day, easy. Second, I am moving to the midwest, and just this weekend was thinking how much the lack of avocados is going to suck. I'm definitely signing up!
My favorite way to eat them is straight up, with nothing but a little salt and lime squeezed on them right out of the shell. But, lately I've been getting fancier and making a creamy avocado-veggie sauce, with just pureed steamed veggies, salt, lime juice, and avocado. Its a great dip or salad dressing or sauce for stir fry or pretty much anything!
my favorite way to use avocados is making edamame guacamole. now i am an huge fan of regular guacamole until i made this. it is an obsession. i also love to put some in my boyfriend's morning shakes with acai berries, coconut water, and some of his protein water. an avocado a day keeps the doctor away. 🙂
Love it! Wish I could have joined you for this trip!
Avocado crema on EVERYTHING!! Tacos to turkey sandwiches. LUUUUV the stuff!!
Thank you for blogging this! Now I know what to get every East Coast relative for gifts now!
I love to top tortilla soup with big chunks of avocado. Also, fresh fruit right from the shell, topped with a little pico is awesome!
I love cubed avocado and papaya with a little salt and Hellman's mayo. LOVE it. Gotta have it.
Gaby, I can imagine that there was a lot of smiling and gushing occurring on the day of your avocado farm visit. What an incredible day you two must have had. Glad you have pictures to capture the important avocado day. I need to tell my folks back east about this company! What a brilliant idea.
For me, beyond scooping out the good, green meat from a super ripe avocado that's been drizzled with lime, cayenne and salt...I'd have to say I'm a big fan of GRILLED Guacamole.
xoxox
Brooke
I love avocado just wrapped up with roasted chicken in a corm tortilla with cilantro, yum!
I like them sliced with black beans and red quinoa.