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[ninjabut]

Oh my! I bought some of these, and don't know what to do with them!
I guess some green sauce, but can it be frozen? Does anyone know?
Recipes? HELP!

[kell]

I googled tomatillos : Storing:

If you are not going to use them immediately, leave the husks intact, wrapped around the fruit like little paper bags.

Either store on the counter or in the refrigerator. They should never be stored in air-tight containers.

They will keep well for several weeks to a month. They may also be frozen whole or sliced.

There are lots of recipes for salsa verde, chicken stew, and enchiladas. Plus they can be fire roasted or dry roasted for different flavor(sounds very interesting to me :D ) allrecipes.com has a bunch of recipes,it looks like, as well as many other sites. Let us know what you do and how it goes!!

[ninjabut]

Thanks for the info, Kell. These are new to me. Maybe I should buy some and play with them a bit.

[tullius]

One of my favorites is mole. There are lots of variations, but basically its a sauce of tomatoes or tomatillos with onions, garlic & chiles, then thickened with ground nuts & seasoned with various combinations of coriander, cumin clove, cinnamon. My favorite kinds have chocolate. It is usually served over chicken. It freezes & cans well.

A lot of the recipes out there are pretty daunting but all I do is soak the ancho or poblano chiles, throw them in the blender with sauted or roasted onion, garlic, tomato or tomatillos, toasted ground spices, & mexican chocolate & enough of the chile soaking water to get it to blend. Then cook down with ground nuts (I like pumpkin seeds) to desired thickness.

Interesting (maybe) note- There is a very close relative of tomatillos in the Physalis genus my dad grows in Iowa called ground cherries. They come back as volunteers in zone 5. We use them like green tomatoes making relish & jam out of them. They are perhaps a little sweeter than tomatillos.

Oh & if you're planting either of them make sure to have several plants so they can pollinate properly.

[ninjabut]

Tullius, I didn't learn til too late that you need more than one plant to cross pollinate. Oh well, maybe next year.
Maybe I'll buy some and play around with them and decide if I want to grow them next year.
Thanks, Nancy