Often confused with tomatoes, tomatillos hold their own in classic Mexican dishes from salsa verde to pozole. When is a tomato not a tomato? When it’s a tomatillo. Plump, round, and juicy ...

One of the easiest and most delicious ways to enjoy tomatillos is by making a zesty green sauce for drizzling over tacos.

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.