Salsa and gluten free sauce recipes from Mexican cooking. Favorites such as Pico de Gallo, Pineapple Salsa, Poblano Sauce, and other interesting pepper sauces.
Here is a great recipe for this popular salsa, bright and zesty with serrano, lime and cilantro. We love to make Pico de Gallo in the fall when tomatoes and serranos are fresh in our greenhouse or at the Farmers Markets but it really is good year round. This salsa is a balanced mix of…
This is the salsa they bring with chips at the Mexican Restaurant and say, “The red sauce is spicy.” This simple sauce packs a punch with just a few ingredients. The heat of the Arbol Chiles is tempered slightly by 2 Guajillo Chiles. Then garlic rounds out the flavor. This recipe is naturally gluten free…
This flavor-packed Salsa Negra recipe creates a rich, dark paste that can then be used as a base for many things. This is really unique recipe for the adventurous that brings out the flavor of the Dried Chipotle Chiles. This recipe is naturally gluten free. The Chiles The chiles for this recipe are Moritas and…
This New Mexico Red Chile Sauce sings with the flavor of dried New Mexico, Guajillo and de Arbol chiles. We tried several versions of this sauce while on a road trip to New Mexico. They ranged from mild to spicy. Our favorite was this spicy version. Food in New Mexico often came with a choice…
Roasted Red Pepper Sauce is a delicious way to bring out the flavor of peppers with a versatile sauce. This recipe can be tweaked to use any pepper you like, one variety at a time or mix and match. We like to use Red Italian Sweet Peppers or Paprika Peppers for this sauce. It is…
Red Recado Paste is a condiment made from Annatto Seeds common to the Yucatan region and Mayan cooking. Traditionally this was only found in the Yucatan but in more recent times it can occasionally be found elsewhere in Mexico. We have seen this used in dishes in both Mexico and Belize. Annatto Seeds Annatto is…
Here is a quick and easy salsa recipe using fresh corn, tomato and habañero.
This unique Anaheim Chile Cilantro Pesto goes great with a multitude of foods, from stuffed peppers to a veggie dip. This recipe brings out the flavor of fresh Anaheim Chiles and can be used in the same way as any other pesto. This recipe is naturally gluten free. Watch a Video Here is a video…
This sauce uses fresh, green New Mexico or Anaheim chiles and can be made mild or spicy depending on your preference. We experienced several versions of this sauce while on a road trip to New Mexico and some were hot while some were mild. Since Anaheims are not spicy by nature you’ll have to add…
This incredible tomato sauce uses almost the entire tomato to bring a huge amount of flavor to any dish that includes it. We like to make this in the summer and early fall when fresh tomatoes are available in the greenhouse and at the Farmers Markets. You can make this with any kind of tomatoes;…
