Winter Salsa with Chipotle and Orange
- 1 yellow bell pepper, chopped coarse
- 1 onion, chopped coarse
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1 navel orange
- 1 tablespoon minced canned chipotle chilies in adobo*, or to taste
- a 28-ounce can whole Italian plum tomatoes, seeded and drained well
- 1 small green bell pepper, diced
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh coriander
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- *available at Hispanic markets, and some specialty foods shops.
- In a skillet sautee yellow bell pepper and onion in 1 1/2 tablespoons oil over moderately high heat until vegetables are just tender and beginning to brown.
- Grate 1/2 teaspoon zest from orange and reserve.
- Squeeze juice from orange.
- Add orange juice and chilies to onion mixture and cook 1 minute.
- Chop tomatoes coarse and in a bowl combine with reserved zest, onion mixture, green bell pepper, coriander, and lime juice.
- In a blender puree in a thin stream.
- Stir puree into salsa and transfer to a jar with a tight-fitting lid.
- Salsa keeps, covered and chilled, 1 week.
yellow bell pepper, onion, olive oil, orange, chilies, italian plum tomatoes, green bell pepper, fresh coriander, lime juice, markets
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/winter-salsa-with-chipotle-and-orange-11018 (may not work)