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Preparation info
  • Serves

    Four to Six

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Complete Guide to Traditional Jewish Cooking

By Marlena Spieler

Published 2016

  • About

This recipe is a quickly prepared home-made version of harissa, the North African chilli sauce that’s Ubiquitous with couscous, briks, sandwiches, soups and almost everything.

Ingredients

  • 45 ml/3 tbsp paprika
  • 2.5–5 ml/½–1

Method

  1. Put the paprika, cayenne pepper, ground cumin, water or stock in a large, heavy pan and season with salt to taste.

  2. Bring the spice mixture to the boil, then immediately remove the pan from the heat.
  3. Stir the lemon juice and