Red Pepper Dip

Red pepper dips turn up throughout the Middle and Near East (for example, see htipiti from Greece here). The Turkish version comes turbocharged with Aleppo pepper, the Near Eastern version of North American hot pepper flakes. Named for a Silk Road city in Syria, Aleppo peppers have a brassy, smoky flavor and moderate heat. Fire charring gives the bell peppers an incredible smoke flavor, while intensifying their innate sweetness.