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We recently had a Snow family reunion and I needed to bring a dish to share. While that might seem like an easy decision, I debated about what to bring for weeks. When you’re a food blogger people’s expectations of what you make are elevated. The pressure really increased when my sweet Aunt Marilyn posted on Facebook that she wanted to sit by me so she could eat what I made. (Love you Auntie!)
I make a perfect pasta salad, my Peanut Butter Nutella Cookie Cups are always a hit, and I even thought about making Dara’s Savory Mango Chutney & Cheddar Cheese Palmiers, “Elephant Ears”, which are fabulous. In the end, I decided to make Strawberry Mango Salsa and Cinnamon Tortilla Chips. It’s a colorful, light, refreshing summer appetizer and when I make it for my family it disappears as quickly as I can baked the chips.
Our Best Bites has a great tutorial for making fruit salsas with different fruits and I incorporated many of their tips in my Strawberry Mango Salsa.
They also have a recipe for cinnamon tortilla chips using cooked flour tortillas, but I’m crazy about the Tortilla Land uncooked flour tortillas. They are thinner and bake up light and crispy. If you haven’t tried them yet, you need to. I bought mine at Costco, but I’ve seen them at Smith’s and other grocery stores. Sophistimom posted a Cinnamon Tortilla Chip recipe using uncooked tortillas and my recipe is kind of a combination of the two.
This recipe makes enough fruit salsa and chips for a party. If you’re making them for a smaller group just divide the recipe in half. Although if you decide to make extra, the salsa is still fresh and delicious the next day. I keep the chips crisp by laying them on a paper towel and sealing them in a Ziploc bag.
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Strawberry Mango Salsa and Cinnamon Tortilla Chips
Ingredients
Strawberry Mango Salsa
- 2 medium size mangos diced
- 1 pint strawberries diced
- zest of 1 lime
- juice of 1 lime
- 1 tablespoon agave nectar add more or less depending on how sweet your fruit is
- 1 tablespoon fresh chopped parsley adds a nice contrasting color
Cinnamon Tortilla Chips
- 12 [Tortilla Land] uncooked flour tortillas
- 4 tablespoons butter softened
- 4 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Strawberry Mango Salsa
- Combine all ingredients in a medium size bowl and chill before serving.
- Cinnamon Tortilla Chips
- Preheat oven to 400º. Combine cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl.
- Spread a teaspoon of butter on each tortilla and sprinkle cinnamon sugar mixture evenly over tortillas.
- Using a pizza or a pastry cutter, cut each tortilla in to eight wedges. Place wedges on baking sheets lined with parchment paper (sugar side up). You can bake more than one tray at a time, but be sure and rotate them half way through the baking time. I bake 16 wedges per baking sheet.
- Bake for 5 -10 minutes, or until the tortilla chips are crisp and golden brown. Do not underbake, they need to be crisp when you take them out of the oven. (You can also bake them at 350º which results in a flatter less puffed chip, but takes at least double the amount of baking time.)
Angie's Recipes
Your homemade tortilla chips and salsa are simply fantastic, esp. the tortilla chips!
Paula
Wow! It all looks fabulous. Love the color in the salsa and the the cinnamon tortilla chips is a great *new to me* recipe. I’m sure this was very much enjoyed at your family get together.
Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella
Well done mum! I bet everyone has such high expectations but that is based on the delicious things that you’ve cooked or baked for them before! 🙂 xxx
Deb
What a perfect appetizer for your family reunion! Love the combination of mangos & strawberries. I might have to add a touch of mint.
jehanne@thecookingdoctor.co.uk
Hiya, came across your blog and really love your baking! Wish I came here sooner:-)
gloria
look absolutely nice and yumm! gloria
BreAna {Sugar and Spice and All Things Iced}
Yum!! I love fruit salsa and cinnamon chips! Great idea to use the uncooked tortillas! What a great idea for a summer potluck!
My Inner Chick
—OMG,
this dish looks like it fell down from HEAVEN 🙂
For serious, Barbara.
I keep sending all of your recipes to my dad & mom for us all to
make together.
But this takes the cake. WOWIE.
PS. can I come to your next reunion?????
Amy
Wow, I love the vibrant color of your appetizer and the flavor combination. It sure sounds refreshing and no wonderful it’s a hit with you family. I gotta get a package of those uncooked tortilla and give this recipe a try. The cinnamon tortilla chips sound amazing pairing with your fruit salsa!
Shumaila
Love the strawberry mango salsa and to pair it with cinnamon tortillas- just brilliant! I can imagine the pressure of family when you are a food blogger. My parents are coming to visit me from India and they are really excited about the food I keep blogging about! Hope I live up to their expectations:)!
Blond Duck
These make me think of the cinnamon twists my sister got from Taco Bell as a kid, but SO much better!!!!!
Lauren from Lauren's Latest
Sounds like you had a great reunion! {Who wouldn’t with all that fabulous food!}
Barbara | Creative Culinary
Love these two together. I love some cinnamon tortilla I get at Whole Foods. I don’t love the price or I’m sure the gazillion fat calories; think I need to try yours and enjoy them without the guilt!
Memoria
I love using uncooked flour tortillas. It’s the closest thing to make them yourself. ¡Cómo extraño las tortillas de harina mmmmmmmm! Espero probar esas tortillas con canela y azucar algún día. ¡Tienen un aspecto buenísimo!
Kim
The pressure is definitely on when everyone knows you’re a food blogger and you’re asked to bring something to the party. Makes it hard to choose just the right recipe for the event.
I think you made a terrific choice with this one though. The salsa looks fresh, colorful and inviting and those puffy cinnamon chips look irresistible. I bet this was a huge hit!
Pam
Bookmarked! I will be making this for my kids this week. YUM!
Nicole@HeatOvenTo350
I love uncooked tortillas. I’ve tried a similar recipe with regular flour tortillas, but I’m excited to try it again with the uncooked ones. This is such a perfect summer recipe.
natalie (the sweets life)
Fruit salsa is one of my favorites…and one I haven’t made this summer yet! Thanks for the reminder 🙂
Amanda
This. Looks. Divine. I LOVE that you put so much thought into it and just know your family scooped up every last bite! 🙂
Renata
I don’t think I can find these uncooked tortillas here in Korea, though we have a Costco in Busan (the nearest big city to my place), but I could try the tortillas I made from scratch some time ago. This idea is absolutely fantastic!