Jeff's Digital Recipe Box

So over the years I've had many requests for the original Edgewater Cafe mexican recipes. I still have them, complete with dried, spilled sauce droplets. I have decided to start this blog and once every week or so offer these recipes along with some of the many favorites we've tried to cook at home.

You won't need any special tools other than a blender. You will need a couple of the staples of mexican recipes: powdered cumin or cumino, coriander, chile powder, crushed red pepper, and fresh cilantro from time to time. I'm going to start with fresh salsa so you will need cilantro (sometimes called chinese parsley) which you can get in any produce section.

I'm going to add photos soon but for now we'll have to do without.

This will make a nice appetizer for 6-8 people max.

Salsa Picante

Combine the following and fold together with a large spoon.

Core and dice about 1.5 cups of fresh tomatoes and put them in a bowl
Peel and dice half a good size spanish/white onion, add to the tomatoes
Remove most of the green ends of 2 scallions, slice the rest on a bias, minus the roots of course
2 cans mild diced green chiles
Finely chopped bulb of fresh garlic
One tablespoon cumin
One teaspoon coriander
One tablespoon red wine vinegar
2 solid tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
1-2 teaspoons pureed jalapenos (bug juice, recipe below)
Salt to taste
1/2 cup tomato juice

Fold all together EXCEPT the tomato juice. Once mixed, slowly add the t.j. to your desired consistency.

Bug juice: in a small blender add water to cover 3-4 jalapenos and mix until pureed.

Now the fun starts! You have the base, from there you can add things like sliced black olives, drained, canned black beans, grilled or frozen corn, or substitute red onions. Or skip the tomatoes and juice and substitute diced mangos for a great addition to grilled salmon.

You can make your own chips by doing an 8 way slice to packaged corn tortillas and then frying in vegetable oil about 1 inch deep but there are great chips on the market that make this too much of a pain.

Next; chicken burritos with green sauce and monterey jack cheese.

Enjoy!!