Matbucha
מַטְבּוּחָה
Cooked down for an hour until it stops being a salad.
Serves 8Hands-on 20 minTotal 1.3 hrPareve
Ingredients
- 1 kg Ripe tomatoes
- 4 Red capsicums
- 6 Garlic cloves
- 100 ml Olive oil
- 1 tbsp Sweet paprika
- 1 ChilliOr to taste.
- 2 tsp Salt
Method
- 01Char the capsicums over a flame until black all over. Bag them ten minutes, then the skins slip off.
- 02Blanch, peel and roughly chop the tomatoes.
- 03Cook the garlic gently in the oil, then add tomatoes, capsicum, paprika, chilli and salt.
- 04Cook uncovered on low for an hour, stirring now and then, until the oil separates and sits on top.
- 05Cool completely before serving. It improves for two days.
The bit that matters
The oil separating is the signal it is done. Stop before that and it is a tomato salad; keep going and it turns to jam.