If you're a fan of Mexican and Central American cuisines, you're probably already quite familiar with the tomatillo. A staple ingredient in salsa verde, these unique husk-covered fruits are used ...

If you are ready to start summer with a bang, make this shishito pepper salsa. This easy, authentic tomatillo salsa is a delicious reminder of the summer garden. Man ...

(Side note: It also deters golden retrievers, who help themselves to the tomatoes but leave the tomatillos alone.) Salsa verde is the most common way cooks use tomatillos, but many other delicious ...

Fresh tomatillos are hard to buy in the UK, though you may be able to find them at a specialist grocer. It's more likely you'll come across tinned tomatillos, which are good for making salsa.

Tomatillos are also not grown in our garden but cape gooseberries do and they worked nicely as a substitute. Or you could always use tomatoes.