Pomegranate and Queso Fresco Salsa
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- Served Person: Makes 1 1/2 cups
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1/4 cup pine nuts
- 2 tablespoons thinly sliced fresh basil
Preparation 1 Toast the pine nuts in a dry skillet over medium heat until golden, 4 minutes. Transfer to a plate to cool. 2 In a small bowl, mix the pomegranate seeds, basil, queso fresco, and cooled pine nuts. Drizzle with the olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Reprinted with permission from Mexican Made Easy: Everyday Ingredients, Extraordinary Flavor by Marcela Valladolid, © 2011 Clarkson Potter a division of Random House, Inc. MARCELA VALLADOLID is the host of Discovery Travel and Living's Relatos con Sabor (Stories with Flavor), which airs in every Latin American country and on Discovery Familia in the United States. Raised in Tijuana, Mexico, she attended the Los Angeles Culinary Institute and later the Ritz-Escoffier Cooking School in Paris. A former recipe editor/tester at Bon Appétit magazine, she became widely known after appearing as a contestant on The Apprentice: Martha Stewart. She and her young son divide time between Tijuana and San Diego.
Preparation 1 Toast the pine nuts in a dry skillet over medium heat until golden, 4 minutes. Transfer to a plate to cool. 2 In a small bowl, mix the pomegranate seeds, basil, queso fresco, and cooled pine nuts. Drizzle with the olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Reprinted with permission from Mexican Made Easy: Everyday Ingredients, Extraordinary Flavor by Marcela Valladolid, © 2011 Clarkson Potter a division of Random House, Inc. MARCELA VALLADOLID is the host of Discovery Travel and Living's Relatos con Sabor (Stories with Flavor), which airs in every Latin American country and on Discovery Familia in the United States. Raised in Tijuana, Mexico, she attended the Los Angeles Culinary Institute and later the Ritz-Escoffier Cooking School in Paris. A former recipe editor/tester at Bon Appétit magazine, she became widely known after appearing as a contestant on The Apprentice: Martha Stewart. She and her young son divide time between Tijuana and San Diego.
