Small Bowl of Red Pepper Brazil Nut Pesto
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Red Pepper Brazil Nut Pesto


Brazil   -   Pesto de Pimentào Vermelho e Castanha-do-Pará
Makes:
Effort:
Sched:
DoAhead:  		 1-3/4 cups
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25 min
Yes		 A delicious dip, sauce, or dressing with noticeable Brazil Nut flavor and low chili heat. It is more liquid than many dips, but coats vegetable sticks well enough.

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Brazil Nuts, raw (1)
Bell Pepper red
Red Chili, fresh (2)  
Garlic
Olive Oil, ExtV
Salt
Paprika
Chipotle Powder (3)  
Do Ahead   -   (45 min - 5 min work)
  1. Preheat Oven to 325°F/163°C.
  2. Spread BRAZIL NUTS on a baking sheet and slide into the hot oven. Roast until fragrant, about 12 minutes. Cool completely before using.
Make   -   (25 min)
  1. Crush Brazil Nuts well to speed up processing.
  2. Cap and core BELL PEPPERS. Chop medium. Cap RED CHILIS and chop medium. Crush GARLIC and chop small. Mix all.
  3. Place Brazil Nuts into a Food Processor, Mixie, or Blender and run briefly until well broken up.
  4. Add Bell Pepper mix to the machine and process until smooth. Add 1 T of the Olive Oil if needed.
  5. Add Salt, Paprika, and Chili Powder to the mix. Continue processing while streaming in the rest of the Olive Oil to form an emulsion.
  6. Refrigerated in a sealed container, this Sauce will keep for about 4 days.
NOTES:

  1. Brazil Nuts:

      Raw Brazil Nuts can be ordered on-line, or may be available from specialty stores. If not available, you can try commercially roasted nuts, but the result will be somewhat different as they are more heavily roasted.

  2. Red Chili:

      Lacking Malagueta Chilis, I use 1 Red Thai Chili. This gives the sauce a very light chili heat, but feel free to use 2 if your guests aren't very chili adverse.

  3. Chipotle Powder:

      Flagged "optional" in the pattern recipe, but I use it. This powder is made from smoke dried Jalapeño chilis. It is available on-line, but I just grind up dried Chipotle or Morita chilis in my spice grinder.
  4. U.S. measure: t=teaspoon, T=Tablespoon, c=cup, qt=quart, oz=ounce, #=pound, cl=clove in=inch, ar=as required tt=to taste
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