Roasted Red Pepper Sauce

Name: Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
Yield: Makes 1 1/2 cups
Ingredients: 3 red bell peppers; 1 small clove garlic, peeled; 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice; 1/8 teaspoon cumin; 1/4 teaspoon red-pepper flakes; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

This simple sauce -- really just pureed, roasted peppers and some seasoning -- can be served atop a main course, or presented in a bowl for dipping.

Source: Martha Stewart Living, July/August 2000

Makes 1 1/2 cups

Yield

Ingredients

3 red bell peppers
1 small clove garlic, peeled
1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/8 teaspoon cumin
1/4 teaspoon red-pepper flakes
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Directions

1. Roast peppers on a grill or open flame until skin is blackened. Place in a medium bowl covered with plastic wrap until cool enough to handle. Using a paper towel, remove charred skins. Slice peppers into 2-inch pieces; discard membranes and seeds.
2. Place peppers in the bowl of a food processor with the garlic, lemon juice, cumin, red-pepper flakes, salt, and pepper, and process until pureed, 1 to 2 minutes.