Rhubarb Muhammara

Muhammara is one of the great sauces of the Middle East. It usually features roasted red peppers, making the original version the perfect sauce for the end of summer, when pomegranates and peppers are both available at the market. But one spring, we decided that muhammara would be perfect for the grilled carrots we were serving, so we developed this recipe with rhubarb instead. It was a clever switch—replacing the sweet-tart roasted peppers with sweet-tart rhubarb. Both share a silky textur