PINEAPPLE-GINGER SALSA

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PINEAPPLE-GINGER SALSA

 

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Serving Size : 9 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : Condiment LowCal (Less than 300 cals)

LowerCarbs LowFat (Less than 10%)

Veggie

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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1/2 medium pineapple -- fresh and very ripe pineapple, top and skin

removed and eyes dug out, finely chopped

1/2 onion -- very finely chopped

1 red bell pepper -- cored, seeded and finely diced

1 jalapenos -- (to 2) chopped (with seeds for heat,

without for mildness)

1/2 teaspoon salt

juice of 1 lime

1 teaspoon honey -- (to 2 teaspoons)

2 teaspoons finely minced peeled fresh tender

gingerroot

1 finely chopped fresh cilantro -- (to 2 tablespoons)

and/or spearmint

 

Toss all the ingredients in a large bowl, adding the jalapenos to taste.

Serve, or refrigerate, covered, for up to 2 days.

 

Makes 2 to 2 1/2 cups, depending on the size of the pineapple.

 

 

An intriguing, refreshing salsa, just perfect with the corn-eggplant

fritters. Find the ripest, sweetest fresh pineapple you can. There's an

easy way to tell: Just sniff the pineapples, looking for one that's

intoxicatingly fragrant.

 

P.S. This recipe calls for half a pineapple. Save the other half for a

fresh pineapple upside-down cake.

 

Double P.S. When peaches are at their height, substitute 2 or 3 of them,

ripe and preferably peeled, for the pineapple in this recipe.

 

Another pleasant variation is to use fresh spearmint either instead of, or

in addition to, the cilantro.

 

Cuisine:

" Asian "

Source:

" The Cornbread Gospels by Crescent Dragonwagon, Workman Publishing,

2007. "

S(Formatted by Chupa Babi):

" Nov 2009 "

Yield:

" 2 to 2 1/2 cups "

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 22 Calories; trace Fat (5.8%

calories from fat); trace Protein; 5g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 0mg

Cholesterol; 119mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 0 Fat; 0

Other Carbohydrates.

 

 

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0