Recipe for " Salsa De Tomate De Arbol "

Empanadas are deep fried or baked pastries filled with meat or cheese. In the local grocery stores you can buy the empanada dough already made. They are flat and all you have to do is fill it with your choice of ingredients and then deep fry or bake till golden brown. I made some with farmers cheese, sliced red onion, salt, pepper and a dash of oregano. I also made meat ones with ground beef, peas, carrots, onions, salt,pepper, and a dash of oregano. They use oregano in a lot of dishes in Ecuador so it is a familiar flavor. Personally, I think what makes the empanada taste good is the salsa that you dredge over it before taking a bite. The best sauce we had was from an empanada place in Cuenca in a little stall near Parque Madre. It's a very popular place and we found them to have the best empanadas in all of the city after taste testing numerous samples. Empanadas are $1.00 and to make it a complete snack or meal you must have it with Morrocho, a warm drink made from corn, milk, cinnamon. Here is a recipe for Tree tomato salsa. You can eat this salsa with anything and make it taste good. I am hoping we can find tree tomatoes or "tamarillo" in the US near our home. If you've never had tree tomato, it is tangy and sweet, grows on a tree and has a very tough skin.

Here are the 6 ingredients to this recipe:

5 or 6 Tree tomatoes peeled
1 bunch of Cilantro
1 large Red Onion sliced
1 Jalapeno or Chili for zip sliced
Salt
A dash of White Vinegar

Stick tomatoes, onion,and pepper in blender and pulse till slightly chunky, add cilantro and blend to chopp. Add salt and a splash of vinegar for taste. Enjoy!