Storms Fruit Salsa

I think it is time for another recipe.  This is one I had really never thought of or considered until I recently visited my little sister.  She made me some fruit salsa.  It was yummy, and fun to do.

It is colorful, and smells of exotic fruit… something you would find on a small serving table next to a beach chair that is occupied by a women… oh i don’t know about my age, with her cute and tasteful beach attire, getting a tan and enjoying her kids play from a far.   The waves crashing up on the shore line, palm trees blowing in the gentle breeze, kids building sand castles, while she is nibbles cinnamon tortilla chips dipped in fruit salsa made by her and her lovely children earlier that day…aahhh, that is the life.

Okay back to reality… this is my recipe!  My kids and I perfected it to our liking, so we get to claim it!

Ingredients:

1 Green Apple

1 Peach

2 Kiwis

10 strawberries

3 tbsp fruit preserves (any kind of canned fruit syrup will work)

1 tbsp sugar

1/2 tbsp brown sugar

You basically cut it up small enough to put in a food processor.  Any machine you have that will cut it up into tiny pieces.  You also add the sugar and juice right to the mixer you are using.

It has to look like salsa to be salsa.  I took a few pics of my own salsa so if they turn out you will see.

Then you must chill it.  I would say at least 15 minutes, I think it is best cold.  So if you can’t wait then you won’t have the TRUE beach side snack! 

Now for the cinnamon tortillas that go with it.  You need some thing to dip in the fruity salsa right???

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

I would like to give you a heads up that if you don’t have a double oven or huge cookie sheets… they take a while depending on how many you make.  So you might want to get these started first.

You take flour tortillas, you can spray them with some Pam or brush them with spreadable margarine or butter.  Then you mix cinnamon and sugar.  I like sweet cinnamon, so I make the mix a pretty light cinnamon color… I don’t measure but I am sure everyone already knows the consistency they like.

So you sprinkle the buttered tortillas with the mix of cinnamon and sugar and then use a pizza cutter to slice the tortilla 4 times into 8ths.  Put them on a cookie sheet… I like to put tin foil down first just for the mess factor.  Cook them for 7-10 minutes.  You will know they are almost done when they start to curl a bit and brown.  You want them crispy not chewy, and you don’t want them burnt… burnt cinnimon is gross!

Depending on your oven you will probably have to watch the first batch but once you get the hang of it, you will know how long your oven takes.  I also want to say… make as many as you think you will need, they are good as left overs, and my kids go through them like a bag of chips so I have no idea how to determine how many to make.

A tortilla makes 8 chips so serving wise that is probably enough for 1 person, if you are measuring.  This recipe serves about 7, again depending on how much they eat! 

I hope you enjoy this recipe… we just did!!!

PS:  Thank you Kimi for showing me some yummy food to make for my family!