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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

  1. 01Char the capsicums over a flame until black all over. Bag them ten minutes, then the skins slip off.
  2. 02Blanch, peel and roughly chop the tomatoes.
  3. 03Cook the garlic gently in the oil, then add tomatoes, capsicum, paprika, chilli and salt.
  4. 04Cook uncovered on low for an hour, stirring now and then, until the oil separates and sits on top.
  5. 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.

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