The condiment makes an appearance at the mezze, and is included in tagines and merguez. We happen to like breakfast sandwiches -- toasted whole grain bread with something crispy green (this week, it's been cuke slices), turkey or chicken, cheese and a good mustard (sorry, no French's in the house). I've been slathering harissa over the poupon. Don't knock it till you try it.
Harissa
Ingredients15 dried chilis: guajillo, New Mexico, arbol
3-5 garlic cloves
1/2 t. salt
2 T. sweet paprika
2 T. coriander seed
1 t. caraway seed
1 t. cumin seed
1 T. lemon juice
3 T. olive oil
1 red bell pepper, roasted and peeled.
Directions
- Oven-roast a red pepper or use prepared pepper. Set aside.
- Remove the stems and seeds before soaking the chilis.
- Pour boiling water on the dried chilis and soak them for about an hour.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. When it's ready, toast the spices on a cookie sheet for 1-2 minutes.
- Grind the spices -- I used our retired coffee grinder.
- Drain the chilis. Combine all the ingredients in a food processor (or use a hand blender) and let it rip until you have a relatively smooth paste.
- Store the harissa in a clean jar in the fridge. I don't know how long it will keep....it never lasts long around here.
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