Cuisinart 4 Cup Chopper/Grinder

[kap]

Will the aforementioned chopper/grinder do this recipe in good faith?

Fire-Roasted Tomato Salsa
Salsa de Molcajete
Makes about 1 1/2 cups

Recipe from Season 7 of Mexico - One Plate at a Time

INGREDIENTS
1 to 2 fresh jalapeño chiles
3 garlic cloves, unpeeled
1 15-ounce can diced tomatoes in juice, preferably fire roasted
1/4 cup (loosely packed) chopped fresh cilantro
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
Salt

DIRECTIONS
1. Roast the chiles and garlic. In a small ungreased skillet over medium heat, roast the chiles and garlic, turning regularly, until they are soft and blotchy brown, about 10 minutes for the chiles, 15 minutes for the garlic. Cool until handleable, then pull the stem(s) off the chile(s) and roughly chop. Peel the skin off the garlic. Scoop into a food processor and pulse until quite finely chopped.

2. Finish the salsa. Add the tomatoes with their juice. Re-cover and pulse until you have a coarse puree. Scrape into a serving dish. Stir in the cilantro and lime juice. Taste and season with salt, usually about 1/2 teaspoon. You’re ready to serve.

[Z]

I can vouch for both of these knives as cheap and good -

http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/004140.php

http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/004030.php

And while I don't use it every day, I do love my food processor. Great for dough, large quantities of cheese, massive amounts of veggies chopped, pureed, sauced, etc. For just a few things, yes, knives are faster, but if you're hunkering down for the long haul, the Cuis' can't be beat. (Maybe it helps that I got mine for free missing the lid part that activates the safety switch. One CL transaction later and I was in business).

[Grace62]

http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-Mini-Pre...pd_sbs_k_1

I've owned the Cuisinart Mini-Prep plus for a number of years and I love it. I rarely use the larger food processor, but I use this one at least once a week. What I like about the smaller size is that it's easy to control the fineness of the chopping and you don't end up with mush.