SALSA BORACHA ============================= Literally means "Drunkards Sauce" and is made from pasilla chiles, beer and orange juice and is typically a sauce very dark in color due to the chiles which are used. These same chiles are often refered to as "Chiles Negros" and "Black Chiles". --------------------------------------------------- ----------------- INGREDIENTS STEP 1 6 each..........................chiles pasillas 1 cup............................beer STEP II 1 each.........................large orange 1/2 CLOVE................garlic DASH...........................salt STEP III 2 oz.............................onions 15 each......................green olives 4 oz.............................white cheese ======================= ///// =================================================== PREPARATION FOR... STEP 1 Toast chiles on a griddle until slightly charred and skin is blistered. Cut them open and remove seeds and veins and tear or cut into strips. Soak them for 20 minutes in the beer. STEP II Juice the orange. Now grind or puree the chiles with the beer, orange juice, salt and garlic. STEP III Chop the olives coarsely and finely dice the onions. Crumble the mild white cheese. Add the onion, cheese and olives to the puree you made in step 2 and mix well to complete the sauce. When serving garnish the sauce with some of the crumbled white cheese and chopped olives. ================================================================================= Recipe from The MarsCafe www.marscafe.com mars@marscafe.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cyberchefs Electronic Union www.geocities.com/chefmars =================================================================================