Roasted Tomato Salsa I

Ingredients

12roma (plum) tomatoes

2 cloves garlic, unpeeled

1 small onion, quartered

1jalapeno chile pepper

1 ½ tablespoons olive oil

1 teaspoon ground cumin

¼ teaspoon salt

3 tablespoons fresh lime juice

¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro

Step 1

Preheat the broiler.

Step 2

In a medium baking dish, place roma (plum) tomatoes, garlic, onion and jalapeno chile pepper. Drizzle with olive oil.

Step 3

Checking often, broil 5 to 10 minutes, or until outsides of vegetables are charred.

Step 4

Remove vegetables from heat. Remove and discard tomato cores, jalapeno stem and garlic skins.

Step 5

In a food processor, coarsely chop the charred vegetables. Transfer to a medium bowl and mix in cumin, salt, lime juice and cilantro.