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Muhammara: Middle Eastern Red Pepper Dip

A Middle Eastern red pepper dip (muhammara) made with roasted red peppers, walnuts, tahini and pomegranate molasses.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Middle Eastern

Ingredients
  

Ingredients
  • 400 gjar of roasted red peppers orroast your own red peppers
  • 150 gwalnut crumbs
  • 60 gruskgrated or breadcrumbs
  • 60-80 mlolive oil
  • 1 tbsptahini
  • 2 tbsppomegranate molasses
  • 1/2 tspcrushed chili flakes or Greek bukovo
  • salt
  • pepper
  • nachos
  • baked pita bread as for souvlaki
  • homemade pita bread
  • sourdough bread
  • raw vegetables sticks

Equipment

  • Food Processor
  • Serving Bowl

Method
 

Instructions
  1. Drain the 400 g jar of roasted red peppers and pat them dry; roughly chop if whole.
  2. Place the drained peppers, 150 g walnut crumbs, 60 g grated rusk (or 60 g breadcrumbs), 1 tbsp tahini, 2 tbsp pomegranate molasses, and ½ tsp crushed chili flakes into a food processor. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
  3. Pulse the ingredients until coarsely combined, stopping to scrape down the sides as needed.
  4. With the processor running, pour in 60 ml olive oil. Continue processing until the mixture reaches your desired consistency; if it is too thick, add more olive oil a little at a time, up to 80 ml total.
  5. Taste and adjust seasoning (salt, pepper, or crushed chili flakes) as needed. Pulse once more to combine any additions.
  6. Transfer the muhammara to a serving bowl and serve with nachos, baked pita bread, homemade pita bread, sourdough bread, or raw vegetable sticks.

Notes

Notes
We can replace the molasses with grape molasses and instead of walnuts we can use white almonds.