Recipe: Salsa (using tomatoes and tomato sauce, Cuisinart food processor recipe)

SALSA

"If you can't get fresh chilies, substitute 1 or 2 canned green chilies, drained. You can also substitute parsley for cilantro, although the taste won't be the same."

1/2 cup tightly packed cilantro leaves
1 large garlic clove, peeled
1 medium onion (4 ounces), peeled and quartered
1 or 2 jalapeno peppers, halved and seeded
2 medium tomatoes (12 ounces), cored and quartered
2/3 cup tomato sauce
1 teaspoon red wine vinegar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon sugar (optional)

Insert metal blade and put cilantro in work bowl. Turn on machine, drop garlic through feed tube and process until cilantro and garlic are finely chopped.

Add onions, chilies and tomatoes and pulse-chop 5 or 6 times, until coarsely chopped.

Add remaining ingredients and pulse-chop 2 or 3 times to blend.

Makes about 2 1/2 cups
Source: Cuisinart Food Processor Manual, DLC-5 Series