Pebre (Chilean Salsa)

Pebre is a delicious Chilean salsa, served as a starter with plenty of fresh bread. At first glance it may look like an ordinary salsa, but what elevates it is the amount of coriander used and the red wine vinegar. Pebre it is served all over Chile in restaurants as a cover. This is Chary´s recipe, which is the proper one.




Ingredients

• 1 medium onion, finely diced
  
• 1 bunch coriander, finely chopped. Don´t be mean with the coriander, the Chileans use loads so add more than you would normally
• 4 medium tomatoes, peeled, seeds removed and finely diced
• 1 small clove garlic, mashed
  
• 1 - 2 green chillies seeds removed, finely chopped. The amount all depends on the strength of the chillies.
  
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil, not olive
  
• 2 tsp red wine vinegar
• Juice of half a lemon
• Pinch sea salt and black pepper
  

Instructions

• In a bowl mix the tomatoes, onion, garlic and coriander
  
• Add salt, pepper, oil, vinegar, lemon and chilli and adjust to taste
• If the tomatoes aren´t that juicy then you may need to mash them a bit to make it nice and juicy

Serve with loads of fresh crusty bread.