Fresh Peach Salsa

About the Fruit Wagon:

Doug and Leslie Balsillie have enjoyed establishing our orchards, berry plantations, market gardens and our retail Fruit Wagon along the shores of Lake Erie. It’s been a work in progress since 1984, and we have enjoyed having our four daughters growing up on the farm and helping out over the years. Our main harvest is fresh apples for commercial packers and for the Toronto Food Terminal. We harvest daily for our retail business on our roadside wagon from May until November. We also fill our van every Saturday from June until Thanksgiving for the Downtown Windsor Farmers Market on Pelissier Street in Windsor.

Ingredients:

2 cups chopped, peeled fresh peaches
¼ cup chopped sweet onion
3 Tbsp lime juice
2 Tbsp finely chopped hot peppers, seeded (can substitute Jalepeno peppers, or sweet peppers, depending on how hot you like it)
1 clove garlic, minced
1 Tbsp snipped fresh cilantro (can substitute parsley for cilantro for a different flavour)
½ tsp. sugar

Instructions:

In a medium mixing bowl, stir together peaches, onion, lime juice, peppers, garlic, cilantro and sugar. Cover and chill for 1 – 2 hours. Makes 2 cups. Serve with tortilla chips for dipping, or however you enjoy salsa.