We have made and frozen a green chile cheesecake which we thaw, split in half and serve at parties on the 10th and 16th of December. It is served with a Papaya salsa. We bought a Belize papaya today--it is green and light yellow or gold and still fairly firm. I plan to refrigerate it until next Wednesday and then make this salsa---
1/2 papaya
1 garlic clove
1/2 C finely chopped red onion
1/2 red bell pepper (chopped)
1T chopped fresh cilantro
2T rice vinegar
salt & pepper to taste
I made this a couple of years ago to serve with the cheesecake which is as spicy as you can make for a couples party of 50. It was a perfect balance and delicious. I only served it to one party.
My questions --papaya--Is my plan plausible for one party? Both --6 days apart? Would the other half papaya last so I could make a second recipe from it closer to the second party. My original thinking was use the whole papaya and double the recipe and refrigerate the 2nd half for the second party--my concern is , rice vinegar, papaya lasting, would that vinegar be strong enough, will the papaya last under these conditions --they are hard to find here and I could use a mango, especially for the 2nd party, as a substitute. Anyway, Labs I know you use papayas--anyone else? Advice??
I brought the cheesecake recipe back up for reference.
1/2 papaya
1 garlic clove
1/2 C finely chopped red onion
1/2 red bell pepper (chopped)
1T chopped fresh cilantro
2T rice vinegar
salt & pepper to taste
I made this a couple of years ago to serve with the cheesecake which is as spicy as you can make for a couples party of 50. It was a perfect balance and delicious. I only served it to one party.
My questions --papaya--Is my plan plausible for one party? Both --6 days apart? Would the other half papaya last so I could make a second recipe from it closer to the second party. My original thinking was use the whole papaya and double the recipe and refrigerate the 2nd half for the second party--my concern is , rice vinegar, papaya lasting, would that vinegar be strong enough, will the papaya last under these conditions --they are hard to find here and I could use a mango, especially for the 2nd party, as a substitute. Anyway, Labs I know you use papayas--anyone else? Advice??
I brought the cheesecake recipe back up for reference.
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