Fire-Roasted Cherry Tomato Salsa

Recipesfull introduces to you: Salsa Recipes. (Fire-Roasted Cherry Tomato Salsa). This gorgeous salsa would shine on any big-game snack table. The fire-roasting brings out a tremendous amount of flavor and provides just the right touch of smoky goodness. I'm sure your friends are more than happy with the jarred stuff, but once in a while it's nice to see if they're paying attention.

Brief

Prep 15 mins

Cook: 10 mins

Additional: 2hrs

Total: 2hrs25 mins

Servings: 16

Yield: 2 cups salsa

Fire-Roasted Cherry Tomato Salsa

Ingredients

2 teaspoons olive oil

1 pint cherry tomatoes

or more to taste

1 yellow onion

roughly chopped

8 cloves garlic

unpeeled

3 jalapeno peppers

sliced

⅓ cup firmly packed fresh cilantro leaves

1 lime

juiced

¼ teaspoon ground cumin

1 pinch cayenne pepper

or to taste

1 pinch dried oregano

salt and ground black pepper to taste

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Directions

Step 1

Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and brush with olive oil.

Step 2

Spread tomatoes onion garlic and jalapeno peppers onto prepared baking sheet.

Step 3

Cook under the preheated broiler for 5 minutes. Turn the baking sheet and continue broiling until vegetables are charred about 5 minutes more. Cool slightly.

Step 4

Remove garlic from skins; discard skins.

Step 5

Blend tomatoes onion peeled garlic jalapenos any accumulated juices from the baking sheet cilantro leaves lime juice cumin cayenne pepper and oregano in a blender until salsa is smooth. Transfer to a bowl cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until flavors blend at least 2 hours. Season with salt and black pepper.

Nutritional Information

Fire-Roasted Cherry Tomato Salsa

Servings Per Recipe:16

Calories: 16.1

% Daily Value *

Protein: 0.4g 1%

Carbohydrates: 2.5g 1%

Dietary Fiber: 0.5g 2%

Sugars: 0.4g

Fat: 0.7g 1%

Saturated Fat: 0.1g 1%

Vitamin A Iu: 213.1IU 4%

Niacin Equivalents: 0.2mg 2%

Vitamin B6: 0.1mg 4%

Vitamin C: 6.7mg 11%

Folate: 6.4mcg 2%

Calcium: 7.8mg 1%

Iron: 0.2mg 1%

Magnesium: 4.4mg 2%

Potassium: 72.7mg 2%

Sodium: 12.5mg 1%

Calories From Fat: 6.4

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Nutrition information is provided for reference only. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.

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