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Harissa North-African spice maker
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Prep Time
25
minutes
mins
Cook Time
20
minutes
mins
Total Time
45
minutes
mins
Course
Condiment, Sauce
Cuisine
North-African
Servings
12
Ingredients
Ingredients
2
sweet pointed red peppers
5
cayenne peppers
6
cloves
garlic
7
oz (200 g)
ripe, sweet tomatoes
1/2
preserved lemon
1
tsp
coriander seeds
1
tsp
cumin seeds
1
tsp
salt
2
tbsp
olive oil
Instructions
How to make the chilli sauce
Roast the sweet peppers in the oven or in a flame until black and blistering. Let them cool and peel them thereafter
Place the tomatoes in very hot water for a minute and then coll off with cold water. Peel them fist and then cut them in parts
Clean the garlic cloves and slice them fine
Cut the cayenne peppers in rings. Leave the seeds for best spicy effect.
Roast the spices, and grind them in the mortar and pestle after they have cooled down
Cut up the preserved lemon in fine parts
Then heat the oil in a sauce pan and add the sweet peppers, the cayenne peppers and the garlic. Fry for a few minutes
Then add the preserved lemon, the tomatoes and all the ground spices and simmer for another 15 minutes.
Store the sauce in a jar in the refrigerator or freeze portions to keep longer
Notes
Method
: roasting, simmering
Food allergy & intolerance information
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Keyword
chilli pepper, lajiaojiang, preserved lemon, roasted sweet red pepper, sambal