Masai Mara (African Red Pepper Spread)
Recipe: #18122
March 17, 2015
Categories: Spreads, Snacks, Nuts/Seeds, Pecan, Vegetables, Appetizers, Peppers, African, 5-Minute Prep, Budget-Friendly, Easy/Beginner Cooking, Quick Meals, Christmas, Entertaining, Oven Roast, Kosher, Non-Dairy, Vegetarian, Kosher Dairy more
"Adapted from The African Kitchen."
Original recipe yields 7 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (467.5 g)
- Calories 1092.7
- Total Fat - 100.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 13.2 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 233.3 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 51.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 11 g
- Sugars - 18.9 g
- Protein - 8.2 g
- Calcium - 109.9 mg
- Iron - 4.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 318.5 mg
- Thiamin - 0.5 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 475°F.
Step 2
Using your hands, coat peppers with a little olive oil. Place cut side up on a baking sheet. Sprinkle garlic over peppers. Roast until they begin to blacken, about 10 minutes.
Step 3
Turn and roast until other side begins to blacken, about 10 minutes more.
Step 4
Cool, remove skin, and cut into strips.
Step 5
Place peppers, garlic, pecans, breadcrumbs, lemon juice, cumin, sugar, chilies, salt and pepper into a food processor. Puree until smooth. Pour in remaining olive oil and continue processing until mixture is smooth and glossy.
Step 6
Serve with freshly baked bread.
Tips & Variations
No special items needed.
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