Cevisli Biber

Name: Cevisli Biber
Yield: serves 8
Ingredients: 4 large red bell peppers; 1 cup finely chopped walnuts; 4 cloves garlic; Salt; Juice of 1/2–1 lemon; 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil; Pinch of chili pepper or flakes

December 9, 2011

This is another wonderful Turkish paste which makes a delicious canapé spread.

Recipe information

Yield
serves 8

Ingredients

4 large red bell peppers

1 cup finely chopped walnuts

4 cloves garlic

Salt

Juice of 1/2–1 lemon

1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

Pinch of chili pepper or flakes

Preparation

Roast the peppers by turning them under the broiler or in the hottest oven until their skins blacken and blister, then skin them and remove the seeds (see page 84). Blend the peppers to a paste in the food processor, add the rest of the ingredients, and blend very briefly—just enough to mix them well.

Cover of Claudia Roden's The New Book of Middle Easter Food, featuring a blue filigree bowl filled with Meyer lemons and sprigs of mint.

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