Salsa chefs weren’t ready to reinvent the wheel at the Salsa Showdown at the Puyallup Fair. They stuck to simple, traditional ingredients to let the fantastic flavors of their salsas shine through.
One of them, Mike Casad of Auburn, took first place and a $100 cash prize for his “Pico de Gallo,” which used only eight basic ingredients.
In addition to his cash prize, Casad received a ribbon.
The winning salsa recipe is as follows:
Pico de Gallo
Mike Casad, Auburn
Ingredients:
6 Roma tomatoes
1 small sweet onion
2 jalapenos
1 clove of garlic
½ tsp. dried oregano
Fresh lime juice
Salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
1. Dice the tomatoes and onion.
2. Mince the jalapenos and garlic.
3. Toss the tomatoes, onion, jalapenos, and garlic.
4. Add the oregano, lime juice, and salt and pepper to taste.
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ELSEWHERE:
Auburn’s Mary Glaze was the grand prize winner of the “Special Best Cake Award” Competition with her “Carrot Cake” recipe She took home a $100 cash prize and a rosette for her inspired work.
The first place recipe is as follows:
Carrot Cake
Mary Glaze, Auburn
Ingredients for cake:
2 cups flour
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. cinnamon
½ tsp. salt
3 eggs
¾ cup oil
¾ cup buttermilk
2 cups sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
8 oz. crushed pineapple
2 cups carrots, shreadded
1 cup coconut
1 cup nuts
Ingredients for frosting:
2½ sticks butter
2½ cups powdered sugar
Pinch of salt
2 Tbsp. cream
1 tsp. vanilla
4 tsp. orange juice
1½ tsp. orange zest
Directions:
1. Stir together flour, soda, cinnamon, and salt. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, beat eggs, then add oil, buttermilk, sugar and vanilla. Mix well.
3. Add flour mixture to the wet ingredients and mix well. Add the pineapple, carrots, coconut, and nuts, and mix well.
4. Pour into pans and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
5. In an electric mixer, cream butter, sugar, and salt for 5 minutes.
6. Add the cream, vanilla, orange juice, and orange zest to the butter mixture and beat for another 5 minutes, or until preferred consistency is achieved.
7. After the cake has cooled completely, frost the cake.
ALSO
In addition, Auburn’s Mary Hopkins took second in the Amateur Decorated Cake and Cupcake Contest.
