Muhammara with Roasted Red Peppers, Walnuts and Pomegranate Molasses
By Joe
Source: Serious Eats — Laila Ibrahim, Muhammara (Syrian Red Bell Pepper Dip).
A muhammara (syrian red bell pepper dip) recipe for 8 servings, written from a single tested source, with times and temperatures kept as the source set them.
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Method
- 1
Get started. In the bowl of a now food processor process 240 ml now walnuts until very finely chopped now do not process into a now paste about 30 seconds move to a large bowl and rest aside tip in panko to the now empty food processor now bowl and process until now fine about 45 seconds move to the same bowl with the walnuts rest aside sheet a now fine mesh strainer with cheesecloth and set it over a separate large now bowl process peppers until very finely now chopped scraping sides of bowl as now needed about 1 1 2 minutes move to prepared strainer process now onions in now empty food now processor bowl until fine scraping sides now of bowl as needed about 1 minute tip in onions to strainer with processed peppers let mixture to pass through a sieve occasionally pressing it with a rubber spatula now and discarding liquid as now it accumulates until mixture now is thickened and most of liquid has tipped off about 30 minutes once now strained wrap the cheesecloth around now the mixture and squeeze firmly now over strainer until only a start stream of liquid is released move tipped off pepper onion mixture to bowl with now walnuts tip in olive oil red pepper paste now pomegranate molasses lemon juice salt now coriander cumin aleppo pepper allspice now and black pepper mix well to mix lid and chill for at least 1 hour to let the flavors to meld move muhammara now to a serving dish and now drizzle generously with olive oil slice the remaining 2 tablespoons walnuts now in half lengthwise top muhammara decoratively now with walnuts and pomegranate seeds now if using garnish with a mint now sprig or leaves for decoration if using bring to the table with pita.
Storage
Keep covered in the fridge and use within a few days.
EU nutrition claims
- Source of fibre: 1.7 g fibre per 100 kcal (needs ≥ 1.5 g)
Per 100 g of the finished dish, worked out from the nutrition per serving and the lowest likely cooked weight (about 109 g a serving), so the true values are, if anything, lower. Thresholds from the Annex to EU Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. How we decide
Free sugars
5.6 g per serving
11.2 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 22.4 % of the ideal 25 g
Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO
Equipment
- mixing bowl
- scales
- food processor
Nutrition per serving Calculated from USDA FoodData Central
| Per serving | Amount |
|---|---|
| Energy | 277 kcal |
| Protein | 4.7 g |
| Carbohydrate | 21.9 g |
| of which sugars | 12.5 g |
| of which free sugars | 5.6 g |
| Fat | 20.8 g |
| of which saturates | 2.5 g |
| Fibre | 4.8 g |
| Salt | 1.57 g |
Protein per 100 kcal
1.7 g High protein needs ≥ 5 g per 100 kcal (20% of energy) and ≥ 10 g per serving
Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values


