Homemade Salsa Recipe

Every party has a salsa. Not every party has a salsa people actually talk about. The difference is almost never the quality of the tomatoes. It’s the technique. Most homemade salsa recipes skip the one step that restaurant kitchens never skip — charring the aromatics before blending. Raw garlic, raw onion, and raw jalapeño thrown…

There’s a specific kind of salsa that shows up at the start of every great Mexican meal. Smoky, a little sweet, a little sharp, with just enough heat to make you reach for another chip. Most people assume that flavor only comes from a restaurant kitchen — a special technique, a secret ingredient, something they…