Ezme

Category: 

Vegetarian

Area: 

Turkish

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Ingredients

  • Tomato  -  3 Large
  • Romano Pepper  -  1 medium
  • Green Chilli  -  1 medium
  • Onion  -  1 small
  • Garlic  -  2 cloves minced
  • Parsley  -  25g
  • Red Pepper Paste  -  2 tablespoons
  • Tomato Puree  -  1 tablespoon
  • Pomegranate Molasses  -  2 tablespoons
  • Pul Biber  -  1 tablespoon
  • Sumac  -  2 tsp
  • Dried Mint  -  1 tablespoon
  • Extra Virgin Olive Oil  -  60 ml

Instructions

step 1
Put the tomatoes and all of the peppers in a food processor and blitz until finely chopped. Tip out into a sieve, set over a bowl and leave to strain. Add the onions, garlic and parsley to the food processor and blitz until finely chopped, then set aside.

step 2
Add red pepper paste, tomato purée, pomegranate molasses, pul biber, sumac, dried mint and most of the extra virgin olive oil to a serving bowl and whisk well so everything comes together as a sauce. Tip in the blitzed onion mixture and the strained pepper mixture along with 1 tsp flaky sea salt . Stir well, then drizzle with the remaining extra virgin olive oil to serve.