Harissa

Name: Harissa
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about ¾ cup (180 ml)
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 3 oz dried mild+hot chiles (ancho/high/guajillo mix) (85 g) Ancho Chile; 1 small clove Garlic; 1/4 tsp + 1 tsp sea (7 g) Salt; 1 tsp ground (2 g) Coriander; 1 tsp ground caraway (use cumin+coriander) (2 g) Cumin; about 1 pepper (100 g) Red Pepper; to thick paste ~1/4 cup (60 ml) Olive Oil

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Paula Wolfert recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Paula Wolfert.

CONDIMENT · TAGINES, GRILLED MEATS & EGGS

In the published recipe, this is the condiment for Wolfert.

Paula Wolfert's classic North African harissa.

On the jar

FRENCH HOT

Method: blend
Yield: about ¾ cup
Ingredients: 7

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Olive Oil 60 ml

Ingredients

Ancho Chile3 oz dried mild+hot chiles (ancho/high/guajillo mix) (85 g)
Garlic1 small clove
Salt1/4 tsp + 1 tsp sea (7 g)
Coriander1 tsp ground (2 g)
Cumin1 tsp ground caraway (use cumin+coriander) (2 g)
Red Pepperabout 1 pepper (100 g)
Olive Oilto thick paste ~1/4 cup (60 ml)

Method

This sauce needs a blender. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Combine measured ingredients and blend until smooth.
Taste and adjust salt and acid.

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Provenance

Cookbook author specializing in Mediterranean, North African, and Southwest France; James Beard Cookbook Hall of Fame. Couscous and Other Good Food From Morocco among landmark titles.

Originally published as Paula Wolfert Harissa.

Adapted from a recipe published by Paula Wolfert in Mediterranean Cooking (Wolfert).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Mediterranean Cooking (Wolfert) (published as “Paula Wolfert Harissa”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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