3 salsas

Some salsa ideas, all zingy enough to make your mouth throw a party. Bonus lovely colours and textures. Plus endlessly adaptable with more or less of anything you like.

GRILLED TOMATO AND CHILLI SALSA

• 4 large ripe tomatoes
• 2 cloves of garlic, unpeeled
• 1 large jalapeño chilli
• Handful fresh coriander, chopped
• 2 spring onions, finely chopped
• Juice of ½ lime
• Pinch salt
• Large pinch sugar

1. Pre-heat grill to its highest setting
2. Halve the tomatoes and place, cut side up, onto a baking tray with the garlic and chilli
3. Turning occasionally with tongs, grill them until they’re all blackened, blistered and soft. (They may cook at different rates, so remove each one as it’s done)
4. Remove and discard the stem from the chilli and the skin from the garlic, and chop finely (or use a pestle and mortar to make a paste)
5. Peel off the tomato skins and chop them roughly on a plate so you don’t lose any of the juice
6. Slide the tomatoes into a bowl, and stir in the chilli and garlic, coriander, spring onion, lime juice, salt and sugar. Taste and adjust the seasoning as needed

SWEETCORN SALSA

• 2 cobs sweetcorn, stripped of husks and silk threads
• Veg oil
• ½ red pepper, finely chopped
• ½ small red onion, finely chopped and soaked for 10 mins in cold water then drained
• 2 large firm tomatoes, skinned, de-seeded and chopped
• Handful fresh coriander, chopped
• Juice of ½ lime
• Pinch of salt

1. Pre-heat the grill to its highest setting and rub the corn cobs with a bit of oil
2. Place under the grill and toast them for roughly 8 mins, turning occasionally so that they cook evenly
3. When they’re cool enough to handle, stand up on a chopping board on the stem end and slice down the cob with a sharp knife, scraping off the kernels
4. Mix the corn with all the other ingredients. Taste and adjust the seasoning as needed

MANGO SALSA

• 2 ripe mangos, diced
• 1 red chilli, finely chopped
• ½ small red onion, finely chopped and soaked for 10 mins in cold water then drained
• Small bunch fresh coriander, finely chopped
• Zest and juice of 1 lime
• Pinch of salt

1. Mix all ingredients. Taste and adjust the seasoning as needed