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Roasted Red Pepper Sauce

Photo shows the Roasted Red Pepper Sauce served with a stuffed green pepper

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This versatile, bright red sauce is a great way to showcase the flavor of sweet peppers.

Ingredients

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  • 8 roasted red sweet peppers.
  • 3/4 cup Almonds
  • 4 cloves Garlic
  • Salt to taste
  • Juice of one Lemon
  • 1/2 cup oil

Instructions

  1. Roast the peppers on the grill to blacken the skins. Put them in a pot with a lid to steam while they cool. Remove the stems, seeds and skins and put them in the bowl of a food processor.
  2. Add the garlic, lemon juice, nuts and 1 tsp of salt to the food processor. Pulse until smooth.
  3. With the food processor running, add 1/2 cup of oil in a slow steady stream.
  4. Heat some oil in a pan over medium low heat and add the contents of the food processor. Cook, stirring frequently, for one hour.
  5. Serve immediately, refrigerate or freeze.

Notes

You can add a couple hot red peppers if you want, such as red serranos, habañeros, or thai.