Karen Dudley

Red Harissa

Preparation info
  • Makes about

    1 cup

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Set a Table
Set a Table

By Karen Dudley

Published 2018

  • About

This is a fierce North African chilli paste with a thousand spicy uses. We use it for a flavoured butter, stirred through crème fraîche and smeared on roasted lamb or aubergines.

Ingredients

  • 1½ tsp caraway seeds
  • 1½ tsp coriander seeds
  • 100 g

Method

Dry toast the caraway and coriander seeds in a small pan until fragrant, about 3–4 minutes.

Put the fragrant seeds into a spice grinder and grind as fine as you can.

Place the chillies, garlic, salt and sundried tomatoes into a food processor and purée to a paste, slowly drizzling in the olive oil. Press into a jar and cover with oil to prevent oxidation.

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