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Muhammara

Muhammara

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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Appetizer
Cuisine Middle Eastern
Servings 4 -6 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 3 peppers
  • 1 pinch chili pepper
  • ½ teaspoon ground cumin
  • ½ teaspoon sweet paprika
  • 90 g shelled walnuts
  • 25 g breadcrumbs
  • 50 g extra-virgin olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons pomegranate molasses
  • 30 g tomato concentrate
  • ½ onion
  • 100 ml warm water
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 handful of hand-chopped pistachios, to serve
  • ½ teaspoon of sumac, optional, to serve

Instructions
 

  • Roast the peppers cut into strips in a hot oven until they are nicely charred.
    3 peppers
  • Grind all the ingredients, including the peppers with their peel, in a blender or grinder, adding lukewarm water a little at a time, to obtain a homogeneous paste. The texture is really a matter of preference, so stop when you get a consistency you enjoy.
    1 pinch chili pepper, ½ teaspoon ground cumin, ½ teaspoon sweet paprika, 90 g shelled walnuts, 25 g breadcrumbs, 50 g extra-virgin olive oil, 2 tablespoons pomegranate molasses, 30 g tomato concentrate, ½ onion, 100 ml warm water, ½ teaspoon salt
  • Transfer the muhammara into a bowl and decorate it with a handful of chopped pistachios and a sprinkling of sumac.
    1 handful of hand-chopped pistachios, to serve, ½ teaspoon of sumac, optional, to serve
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