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Meet RI's Very Own Salsa Producer

Poblano Farm harvests farm-fresh salsa in South Kingstown

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Now that fall is here, summer foods have given way to the foods of autumn.  Squash, pumpkin and apples are everywhere you look.  Soups, stews and chili take the place of barbecue, grilled fish and caprese salad.  With the start of the NFL season, many people are looking for snack foods like wings, nachos and dips.  For this football season, you should definitely check out southern Rhode Island's authentic (really!) salsa producer, Poblano Farm.  

South Kingstown's Poblano Farm was founded in 2007 by Steve and Kate Siravo. Steve, a restaurant trained chef, has been cooking up local favorites in Narragansett for 14 years.  He started his career at 1200 Ocean and then moved on to his own spot called Surfin Tacos. Now at Poblano Farm, he is providing all natural salsas, pasta and pizza sauces, as well as his newest product, sriracha hot sauce.  

The signature Poblano Farm product is their Roasted Salsa.  The poblano chiles are roasted in a wood burning pizza oven which brings out their natural sugary flavor.  A poblano chile isn't super spicy, but Steve likens it to a “bell pepper on steroids.”  The roasted chiles are then blended with onions, tomatoes, vinegar and cilantro.  In season (August-October), many of the vegetables used in the salsa production come right from Poblano Farm's one and a half acres and from other local farms.  Steve says there are two reasons his salsa is far and away better than what you usually buy in the grocery store.  One, he uses high quality ingredients and he goes so far as to say he “spare[s] no expense in sourcing ingredients.”  Two, his salsa is authentic, “something like the people from Mexico would taste at home.”  Steve lived for four years in southern California and studied Mexican food while living there.  He also spent some time traveling in Mexico to make sure his salsa was authentic.  In addition to the Roasted Salsa, Poblano Farms makes a Chipotle Salsa and a Mild Salsa.

Poblano Farm doesn't just make fabulous salsa. They also have a pasta sauce and a pizza sauce. The pasta sauce recipe was taught to Steve by his mother and was the signature sauce of 1200 Ocean.  He says it is “like what you'd have in Italy.” Poblano Farm's newest product is a staple of many kitchens… sriracha. The biggest difference in Steve's version of this famous spicy sauce is the elimination of sugar (even the famous rooster bottle's second ingredient is sugar). After much experimentation, Steve substituted plum purée for the sugar.  To the plum purée, he adds fresh and dried chiles and garlic.

Poblano Farm products can be found at Dave's Fresh Marketplace, Schartner Farms, Whole Foods and Wilcox Tavern. 

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