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A close up of a circular blue plate with a red pepper paste, topped with broken walnuts and torn parsley leaves. Two flatbreads are in the background.
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Muhammara Recipe

This Turkish muhammara recipe is a wonderfully tangy red pepper and walnut dip that is a perfect addition to your meze table.
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Author Turkey's For Life
Course Meze
Cuisine Turkish
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 6

Ingredients

  • 4 red capsicum peppers
  • 75 grams walnuts
  • 75 grams breadcrumbs
  • 1 clove garlic (peeled & grated or crushed)
  • 3-4 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons pomegranate syrup
  • 1 tablespoon chilli flakes
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 lemon (juiced)
  • salt (to season)
  • parsley (finely chopped, to garnish)

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 220 degrees celsius and place your peppers on a baking tray and drizzle with a little olive oil.
  • Place on the middle shelf of the oven and roast for around 25-30 minutes until soft. Turn them after approx 15 minutes.
  • When your peppers are soft, remove from the oven and leave to cool.
  • Meanwhile, take your walnuts and smash them up or chop them by hand and place in a bowl.
  • Now add your breadcrumbs to the walnuts and mix together.
  • When your peppers have cooled, peel away the skin and remove the seeds.
  • Finely chop your peppers and add to walnuts and breadcrumbs and mix.
  • Now add your garlic, pomegranate syrup (nar ekşisi), olive oil, chilli flakes, cumin and paprika.
  • Add a pinch of salt and give everything a good mix.
  • When it's time to serve your muhammara, spread it over a plate and drizzle with fresh lemon juice before garnishing with parsley and broken walnuts.
  • Serve with bread fresh from the oven.

Notes

  • This muhammara recipe can be adapted to your own taste as you experiment with the flavours
  • If you love nar ekşisi (pomegranate syrup), for example, drizzle more over the top of the muhammara when serving.
  • If you like spicy food, add more chilli.
  • We often add a glug more of olive oil depending on how absorbent the breadcrumbs are, just to loosen the mixture.
  • Lots of muhammara recipes include lemon in the dip. We prefer to drizzle lemon juice over the top of each serving just for the freshness of flavour.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 228kcal
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