sofrito

its a very basic component of spanish cooking, and combines onions, garlic, tomatoes and peppers cooked in an olive oil to create a base used for cooking many other things. the sofrito can be cooked just before you add all the other main ingredients, or it can also be made in a large batch ahead of time and then refrigerated, or frozen, to be used as the base in the future thus saving time. one of John's co-workers, Santa, is Boricua and when she recently visited her mom in PR she brought back for John some of her mom's homemade sofrito! now THAT, is totally cool!!!! we had it tonite on some barbecued skirt steak and it was beyond delish. homemade, authentic, Boricua sofrito. THAT, is love. i've included a website over there on the side for any of you that would like to try making your own sofrito, and if you cook i think you should.