Masai Mara (African Red Pepper Spread)
Created by Chocolatll on March 17, 2015
- Servings: 7
- Prep Time: 5m
- Cook Time: 20m
- Recipe #18122
Ingredients
- 8 large (2 1/2 pounds) red bell peppers (halved and seeded)
- 2 1/4 cups olive oil (divided)
- 12 garlic cloves (peeled and sliced)
- 1 cup pecans (toasted)
- 2 cups breadcrumbs (fresh white)
- 4 lemons (juice of)
- 4 teaspoons ground cumin
- 4 teaspoons granulated sugar
- 1 to 2 teaspoon finely chopped chile (or to taste)
- Salt
- Pepper
How to Make
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Step 1: Preheat oven to 475°F.
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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.
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Step 3: Turn and roast until other side begins to blacken, about 10 minutes more.
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Step 4: Cool, remove skin, and cut into strips.
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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.
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Step 6: Serve with freshly baked bread.
Nutritional Facts
- 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