A tray of tomatillos waits to join some friends in an authentic bowl of salsa verde.
Usage
Americans don't use tomatillos much, but south of the border tomatillos are an important ingredient in salsas.
A relative of the tomato tomatillos provide that tart flavor in a host of Mexican green sauces. This plant has been introduced into the United States. It now grows everywhere in the Western Hemisphere and is common in Texas gardens.
The choices are mind boggling; tomato varieties from the Amish Country or Iraq, Mexican tomatillos, salsify and sourghum, and dozens more. If you love to grow unique and hard to find vegetables, the Baker's Creek catalog will send your head spinning.
Tomatillo (Physalis ixocarpa)
Tomato (Lycopersicon esculenta 'Husky Gold')
Tomato (Lycopersicon esculenta 'Celebrity')
Top Thumb (Kalanchoe blossfeldiana 'Keepsake')
Torch Ginger (Etlingera eliator)
Torch Lily (Kniphofia uvaria) ...
Einige beliebte mexicanische Rezepte sind salsa cruda aus rohen Tomaten (jitomate); weiters gibt es salsa de chile rojo aus reifen Tomaten und getrocknetem ancho-Paprika, salsa verde aus tomatillos (tomates verdes) und die salsa de chile güero für ...
Relates Species: Clammy Ground Cherry (Physalis heterophylla), Tomatillo (P. ixocarpa), Purple Ground Cherry (P. philadelphica), Strawberry Tomato (P. pruinosa), Ground Cherry, Husk Tomato (P. pubescens), Sticky Ground Cherry (P. viscosa).
[170]Dremann. C. G. Ground Cherries, Husk Tomatoes and Tomatilloes.
Only a small booklet but it covers the various species in some depth.
[200]Huxley. A. The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992.
Bell peppers, chili peppers, jalapeno peppers, paprika and tabasco all come from the Capsicum genus. Physalis is the tomatillo. Solanum includes the potato and eggplant. Belladonna is Atropa, while the petunia flower is from the genus Petunia.
Potatoes are its first love, but this beetle will eagerly consume leaves of potato relatives eggplant, ground cherry, peppers, tomato, and tomatillo.
Physalis philadelphica (Mexican groundcherry, Tomatillo, Husk-Tomato)
Salpiglossis sinuata (Painted Tongue, Velvet Trumpet Flower)
Schizanthus pinnatus (Poorman's Orchid)
Schizanthus wisetonensis
Solandra maxima (Cup of Gold Vine, Chalice Vine) ...
Tomatillo (Physalis ixocarpa)
Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)
Tree aeonium (Aeonium arboreum, Aeonium korneliuslemsii)
Tree mallow (Lavatera species)
Tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)
Trillium, wakerobin (Trillium species) ...
 See also: Tomato, Fruits, Pepper, Chile, Green
|
