Muhammara: smokey red pepper dip
For the roasted garlic and lemon
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Pre heat the oven to 160C (fan).
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Place the lemon cut side down into an oven suitable frying pan or small roasting tray.
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Remove just the root part of the garlic cloves, leaving the skin on. Using tinfoil create a small parcel containing the garlic, thyme, and olive oil.
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Add the parcel to the pan with the lemon and roast in the oven for 25-30 minutes.
For the dip
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While the garlic and lemon are roasting. Quarter the peppers, remove the seeds and lay in a single layer skin side up on a tray. Grill the peppers until the skins have blackened, while they are still hot put them into a lidded container to sweat as they cool.
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Once the garlic is soft and golden, remove it from the oven along with the lemon and set aside to cool, ensuring you retain the oil.
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Lightly toast the cumin and coriander seeds in a dry pan to release their aroma then grind in a pestle and mortar until it is fairly fine.
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Peel the garlic and dispose of the skins along with the thyme. Add the roasted garlic to the pestle and mortar with its roasting oil and continue grinding to making a paste.
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Combine the garlic paste to the breadcrumbs along with the chilli powder, pomegranate molasses and the juice of the roasted lemon, stir well and set aside.
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Remove and dispose of the pepper skins. Finely chop the pepper to an even mince and add this to the breadcrumb mix.
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Next finely chop the walnuts and stir in.
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Season the muhammara to taste with salt and pepper, you may want to add a little more pomegranate molasses or chilli at this point.
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Spoon the dip into a wide shallow dish leaving a textured surface, sprinkle over the chopped coriander. Drizzle over the Rowse Smokey Fusion Honey and the remaining tablespoon of olive oil.
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Serve the muhammara at room temperature alongside Kettle® Bread Bites.