- Muhammara, Muhammara and you've got
to do the haar...
(laughs) (soft music)
What's up guys? I'm Suzy with the Mediterranean, dish.com
I'm all about easy,
wholesome recipes with big Mediterranean flavors.
Today I'm going to show you a special dish called Muhammara.
Muhammara is a Syrian dip made
of roasted red peppers and walnuts
It is not hummus so don't confuse it with hummus,
but it is kind of like hummusús sexier fancy cousin.
So let's get to it and you will see how special this dip is.
Let me walk you through the stars of this dip.
We have roasted red pepper.
so now I roasted my own red peppers in the oven last night.
and I took off the skins.
You can also use red peppers from a jar,
no big deal if you want
to take that shortcut but it's super easy
to roast your own peppers
and then have them ready overnight,
and then I have walnuts
and then garlic, tomato paste, breadcrumbs.
for gluten free people get your own,
gluten free breadcrumbs no big deal
and then we have pomegranate molasses,
If you don't have pomegranate molasses,
you can also use honey.
and the little bit of lemon juice.
We have two spices going on here that we'll be using.
We have sumac, which adds a little bit of Tang and depth
and then we have Aleppo pepper which
is super special to this particular recipe.
This Aleppo pepper
is a little bit sweet and just enough kick
to it so it's not too spicy and if you don't have it,
grab it on the Mediterranean dish.com and just kind
of hit the shop button
and you'll find Aleppo pepper because,
it's important to this Muhammara recipe,
right So we've got our roasted red peppers
and nice and peeled and cored and all the good stuff.
Again you can use something from a can if you want
to take that shortcut no problem.
These are two red peppers that have been roasted.
I have my walnuts this are toasted walnuts,
one garlic clove, and then over here I have tomato paste.
Tomato paste adds a lot of umami you guys
and also helps the color too
so the word Muhammara actually means
it comes from the original ah mar which is the color red
and this is definitely a red dip.
Next up breadcrumbs
or gluten free bread crumbs if you need to,
about a couple of tablespoons of pomegranate molasses
or you can use a little bit of honey and lemon juice
to kind of come up with that sweet
and tangy flavor that pomegranate molasses gives you,
now we have a little bit of sugar, not too much.
We're trying to come up with that very even flavor you guys,
and then we have maculosus of good color here
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Aleppo pepper,
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and again, this recipe
is originally from Aleppo
so this
this would be great if you get your hands on
it and pinch of cayenne.
Some people love a very super spicy Muhammara,
so you just kind of play with that however you like,
I'm just going to add a tiny pinch just enough
to augment the Aleppo pepper
and give it that bright spicy flavor
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and then to bring everything together,
I have Greek extra virgin olive oil.
I'm using early harvest here since you're not cooking,
the olive oil use the best you can find this one is also,
on the Mediterranean dish.com.
Everything goes in one big bowl
of my ancient food processor that wiggles do you see that?
(laughs)
So old, I've had this since I got married.
So if you have a recommendation for a good food processor
or blender type thing that you use,
let me know in the comments I am in the market
for one so please let me know.
(blender grinding) (soft music)
voila
(laughs)
Muhammara right here you guys it looks so good.
I can smell all the flavors working
in this beautiful red pepper dip,
dish this beautiful thick and creamy,
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roasted pepper.
and Walnut dip right in here.
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This is a big deal like as part of mezze you guys
so like if you, are doing say hamez Babala meals all
of that good stuff,
usual you'll also find some Muhammara.
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Alright and that's it for the roasted red pepper
and Walnut dip,
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for Muhammara over on the Mediterranean dish.com,
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