This ‘Salsa Daddy' wants you to ‘dip your way into Mexican cooking'
With his signature warmth, Martinez's new book is a deep dive into salsas, treating the dish like more than just a dip for chips. He makes it the star of the meal, and encourages you to be creative and build dishes around it. The book has eight chapters — organized by technique, like smashed, chopped, blended, hot sauces, and cooked — and includes 70 recipes, some inventive twists on classics. You'll learn much about the varieties of chiles. A takeaway is that you can make salsas out of pretty much anything, Martinez writes. 'All the produce in the market is fair game'.
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Try the El Cacahuate, made with peanuts, garlic, and dried chiles de árbol — perfect for tacos, roasted veggies, chicken, fish and more. Or Xnipec, a fiery mix of Roma tomatoes, habaneros, and citrus that makes a zesty stand-in for pico de gallo.
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One chapter delves into sweet heat with recipes for an apricot chipotle barbecue sauce, a hot berry jam, and even a salted tequila caramel sauce.
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If the salsas get you in the mood to cook more, the last section of the book has 24 recipes for everyday meals, with suggestions, of course, for salsa pairings ($32.99).
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