Green Tomato and Apple Salsa

Fall is coming to Santa Fe, it's quite nippy at night and we have had a couple of cold days, the trees are turning bright yellow and gardeners are preparing for the frost.  My friend Janet was clearing her garden and brought me a large bowl of green tomatoes, as they wouldn't survive the cold.

Lucky me!  Soon I will plunge into a luscious batch of fried greens tomatoes, and tonight I tried making a green tomato salsa and it turned out great.  Very refreshing with bits of apple!

Ingredients:

1 cup finely diced green tomato (1 large tomato)

1/2 cup finely diced red delicious apple

1/3 cup finely diced red onion

1 garlic clove puréed or finely chopped

1/3 cup coarsely diced cilantro

1-2 Tbs extra virgin olive oil

1 Tbs champaign vinegar

salt to taste (I prefer kosher salt)

hot chili to taste

Mix all ingredients in a bowl. Can be served as a salsa or a fresh relish.