Amped-Up Portuguese Red Pepper Paste

Name: Amped-Up Portuguese Red Pepper Paste
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: European, Portuguese
Ingredients: ▢2 tablespoons sweet paprika; ▢2 tablespoons sweet smoked paprika; 1/4 cup dry red wine; ▢8 to 10 garlic cloves; ▢2 crumbled Turkish bay leaves; ▢3 tablespoons store-bought or homemade tomato paste or 1 tablespoon double-concentrate tomato paste; ▢1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice; ▢7 sprigs cilantro; ▢5 sprigs flat-leaf parsley; ▢1 1/2 tablespoons kosher salt (16 g); ▢1/4 teaspoon freshly ground white pepper; ▢Few dashes Piri-Piri sauce or to taste; ▢1/4 cup olive oil

4 steps

Prep:15minCook:10min

Each Portuguese family has its own rendition of the classic, pantry staple known as massa de pimentão. Here’s how David has amped it up several notches and in the process created something new. It’s bursting with wine, paprika, garlic, hot sauce, and herbs. It’s Portugal in a jar.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 01:44:00 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories191.2 kcal (10%)

Total Fat15.3 g (22%)

Carbs10.7 g (4%)

Sugars2.6 g (3%)

Protein2.1 g (4%)

Sodium1572 mg (79%)

Fiber3.3 g (12%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

2 tablespoonssweet paprika

2 tablespoonssweet smoked paprika

¼ cupdry red wine

8garlic cloves

2Turkish bay leaves

crumbled

3 tablespoonstomato paste

store-bought or homemade

1 ½ tablespoonsfresh lemon juice

7 sprigscilantro

flat-leaf parsley

16gkosher salt

¼ teaspoonwhite pepper

freshly ground

Piri-Piri sauce

or to taste

¼ cupolive oil

Instructions

Step 1

In a food processor, combine the sweet paprika, sweet smoked paprika, wine, garlic, bay leaves, tomato paste, lemon juice, cilantro, parsley, salt, pepper, and piri-piri sauce.

Step 2

Pulse until the garlic and herbs are minced, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary.

Step 3

With the motor still running, add the olive oil in a slow, steady stream and continue whirring until the mixture comes together in a slick, homogeneous paste, 1 to 2 minutes.

Step 4

Use the mixture immediately or spoon it into a small glass jar with a tight-fitting lid and refrigerate for up to a month.

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