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Shatta (Middle Eastern Hot Sauce)

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4.9 from 42 reviews

This shatta recipe is so good! It’s a Middle Eastern hot sauce full of jalapeños and herbs. Add a spoonful of shatta to spice up your meals! Recipe yields about 1 1/3 cups.

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Instructions

  1. In a food processor, combine everything but the jalapeños and olive oil. Blend until the ingredients are finely chopped, pausing to scrape down the sides as necessary. Add the jalapeños and pulse until the peppers are finely chopped, but not completely obliterated.
  2. Stir the olive oil into the sauce by hand, and transfer to a bowl for serving. If the sauce is outrageously spicy at first, give it a 30-minute rest or longer—it usually mellows out a bit. This sauce keeps well in the refrigerator, covered, for 1 to 2 weeks.

Notes

Recipe inspired by the shatta made by Yummy’s Choice and loosely adapted from The Cookbook Project.
Make it nut free: Substitute pepitas for the walnuts.

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