Masai Mara (african Red Pepper Spread)

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 8 large red bell peppers, halved and seeded
• 2 1/4 cups olive oil, divided
• 12 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced
• 1 cup toasted pecans
• 2 cups fresh breadcrumbs
• 4 lemons, juice of
• 4 teaspoons ground cumin
• 4 teaspoons sugar
• 1 -2 teaspoon finely chopped chile (or to taste)
• salt
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 475°f.
• 2 using your hands, coat peppers with a little olive oil.
• 3 place cut side up on a baking sheet.
• 4 sprinkle garlic over peppers.
• 5 roast until they begin to blacken, about 10 minutes.
• 6 turn and roast until other side begins to blacken, about 10 minutes more.
• 7 cool, remove skin, and cut into strips.
• 8 place peppers, garlic, pecans, breadcrumbs, lemon juice, cumin, sugar, chilies, salt and pepper into a food processor.
• 9 puree until smooth.
• 10 pour in remaining olive oil and continue processing until mixture is smooth and glossy.
• 11 serve with freshly baked bread.