Harissa
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoon coriander seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon caraway seeds
- 3 garlic cloves
- 2-3 red jalapeno or serrano chiles, stemmed, chopped with seeds (the more you add, the hotter the harissa)
- 2 large or 3 medium red bell peppers, roasted, peeled and seeded, coarsely chopped
- Extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt, or to taste
- 1-2 tablespoons chopped cilantro or mint leaves (optional)
- Toast cumin, coriander and caraway seeds in a dry skillet over medium heat until aromatic, 1 minute. Transfer to a mortar with pestle. Grind seeds to a fine powder.
- Combine ground seeds, garlic, chiles, red peppers and 1 tablespoon olive oil in bowl of food processor. Process, adding additional olive oil if necessary, for a thick sauce-like consistency. Add ground pepper and salt.
- Let harissa sit at least one hour and up to 24 hours before serving. (Refrigerate until use.) Before serving stir in chopped cilantro and/or mint, if using.
cumin seeds, coriander seeds, caraway seeds, garlic, red, red bell peppers, extravirgin olive oil, freshly ground black pepper, salt, cilantro
Taken from food52.com/recipes/6388-harissa (may not work)