Fresh Tomato Salsa

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2004, America's Test Kitchen TV

Could we develop a salsa recipe that would work with any tomato?

SERVES 12 (Makes about 3 cups)

TIME 20 minutes, plus 30 minutes draining

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We set out to solve the problem of watery salsa with our salsa recipe, trying numerous techniques before stumbling upon one that worked: draining diced tomatoes (skin, seeds, and all) in a colander. Next, we fixed the spotlight on the suppo...

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