Ancho Dipping Salsa
- 8 Roma tomatoes, cored
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 medium yellow onion, quartered
- 2 jalapeno chiles, stemmed and seeded
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 4 ancho chiles, stemmed and seeded
- 2 chipotle chiles, stemmed and seeded
- 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
- Pinch of sugar
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice (about 1 medium lime)
- Preheat the oven to 425F.
- Roast the tomatoes in the oven in a large baking pan for about 30 minutes.
- Remove from the oven; add the garlic, onion, and jalapenos, and drizzle with olive oil.
- Return the pan to the oven and roast for another 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, place the ancho and chipotle chiles in a bowl and cover with boiling water.
- Use a plate or small bowl to weigh down the chiles, keeping them submerged.
- Soak them until softened, about 15 minutes.
- Drain the chiles.
- Set aside.
- When the roasted vegetables are done, remove the skins from the tomatoes and discard.
- In the work bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade, pulse the roasted vegetables in 2 separate batches.
- Dont over-pulse or youll end up with a pureed salsa, not a chunky one.
- Pour the processed salsa into a large bowl.
- Puree 2 of the reconstituted ancho chiles in the (unwashed) food processor.
- Stir the pureed chiles into the salsa mixture.
- Pulse the remaining anchos and the chipotles until finely chopped, but not pureed.
- Stir the chopped chiles, salt, sugar, and lime juice into the salsa.
- Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
tomatoes, garlic, yellow onion, jalapeno chiles, olive oil, ancho chiles, chiles, kosher salt, sugar, freshly squeezed lime juice
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/ancho-dipping-salsa-382640 (may not work)