Uncle Julio’s Restaurant: Tia Elsa’s Pineapple-Serrano Pico de Gallo

The following recipe is not served at Uncle Julio’s, an Irvine, Texas Restaurant dedicated to “Mexican by Scratch.” That salsa is top-secret. So, instead, when a Minneapolis Star Tribune reader requested Uncle Julio’s salsa recipe in 2001, the restaurant provided a family recipe that can be served with chips, as well as grilled fish or chicken. Find it here and below: http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/taste/11413426.html.

Tia Elsa’s Pineapple-Serrano Pico de Gallo
2 c. finely chopped fresh pineapple
1 c. diced tomato
¾ c. diced red onion
2 tsp. chopped serrano chile
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Karl Ratzch’s German Apple Pancake

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An amazing, showy puffed-up confection. This recipe was clipped from a Milwaukee newspaper more than 40 years ago, but the name of the paper, or the date was not kept.

Karl Ratzch’s German Apple Pancake
1 c. milk
2 tbsp. melted butter
4 tbsp. flour
4 eggs, beaten
1 apple, sliced
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