Red pepper and tomato dip

Recipe Categories : | Dips | Hot & Spicy | Capsicum |

Serves : makes about 2½ cups

Ingredients :

• 4 medium red peppers
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 medium red onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 2 tspn ground cumin
• 3 tspn ground sweet paprika
• 1 tspn caraway seeds
• 1 large tomato, seeded and chopped
• ½ cup blanched almonds, toasted

Preparation and Cooking Instructions

1. Quarter peppers, remove seeds and membranes. Grill peppers, skin side up, until skin blisters and blackens. Peel away skin; chop the flesh roughly. Heat oil in pan, add onion, garlic and spices, cook, stirring, over medium heat about 5 minutes or until onions are very soft and translucent. Add tomato, cook 5 minutes or until tomato is very soft.
2. Blend or process peppers until smooth, add tomato mixture and nuts, blend until combined. Cover, refrigerate several hours or overnight.