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Blackened Peppers with Walnuts, Chilli and Fennel Seeds
Introduction from Rukmini Iyer
There’s a lovely Middle Eastern dip called muhamarra – roasted red peppers, walnuts and garlic blitzed together. This dish is a sort of deconstructed version of it, with the hot charred peppers torn into large pieces, and a moreish walnut, fennel and chilli pesto stirred through – a wonderful, filling side salad.
Ingredients
Essential kit
You will need: a barbecue and a food processor.
Method
Once your barbecue is good and hot, place the whole peppers on the grill and char them on each side until blackened.
You can make the walnut pesto in a food processor, in which case blitz everything (except the lemon juice) together roughly, then taste and adjust with the lemon juice and salt (bearing in mind that the peppers have no salt, so a little more is fine).
Alternatively, if you don’t have a food processor or feel like doing it by hand, finely chop the walnuts, fennel seeds, garlic and parsley together on a chopping board, then stir them into the olive oil with the chilli and sea salt and adjust the seasoning as above.
Once the peppers are soft and blackened all over, remove them to your serving platter. Once they’re just cool enough to handle, use a spoon to scoop the stem and seeds out, then tear them into large pieces – the juice will collect in your serving plate, which is what you want. (I leave the skin on, but you can remove it if you prefer.)
Stir most of the walnut pesto through the peppers, and scatter the rest over the top. Taste and add salt as needed, then serve hot or at room temperature.
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