Black Olives with Harissa

Name: Black Olives with Harissa
Prep time: P0Y0M0DT0H15M0.000S
Total time: P0Y0M0DT10H15M0.000S
Yield: 3 cups
Cuisine: african
Ingredients: 1 pound oil-cured black olives (preferably Moroccan); 1 teaspoon cumin seed; 1/2 teaspoon coriander seeds; 1/2 teaspoon caraway seeds; 2 hot red dried arbol chiles, stemmed but not seeded (about 2 inches in length); 2 garlic cloves; 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt; 1 medium red bell pepper, roasted, procedure follows, coarsely chopped; 1 tablespoon olive oil

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The spicy North African condiment called harissa is often mixed with olives or served with salads, couscous, or tagines ? meat or poultry stews.

Level: Easy
Total: 10 hr 15 min

Prep: 15 min
Inactive: 10 hr

Yield: 3 cups

Level: Easy
Total: 10 hr 15 min

Prep: 15 min
Inactive: 10 hr

Yield: 3 cups

Ingredients

1 pound oil-cured black olives (preferably Moroccan)

Harissa:

1 teaspoon cumin seed

1/2 teaspoon coriander seeds

1/2 teaspoon caraway seeds

2 hot red dried arbol chiles, stemmed but not seeded (about 2 inches in length)

2 garlic cloves

1/2 teaspoon coarse salt

1 medium red bell pepper, roasted, procedure follows, coarsely chopped

1 tablespoon olive oil

Directions

In a colander rinse olives under cold water 1 minute and in a large bowl cover with cold water. Soak olives 4 hours to remove excess salt and drain well. To make the harissa: In a mortar with a pestle, an electric spice grinder, or a cleaned coffee grinder, grind seeds fine. If using mortar and pestle, add chiles, garlic, and salt and pound, to taste. If using a spice or coffee grinder, transfer seeds to a small food processor and add chiles, garlic, and salt. Grind mixture to a paste. Add pepper and oil and pound or puree to a coarse paste. In a large bowl stir together the harissa and olives and marinate, covered and chilled, at least 6 hours or overnight. Olives may be prepared 1 week ahead and kept chilled, covered. Serve olives at room temperature.
Roasted Peppers: Using a long-handled fork, char peppers over an open flame or on a rack set over an electric burner, turning, until skins are blackened, 4 to 6 minutes. (Or to broil peppers on rack of a broiler pan under a preheated broiler about 2 inches from heat, turning every 5 minutes, 15 to 20 minutes, or until skins are blistered and charred.) Transfer peppers to a bowl and let stand, covered, until cool enough to handle. Keeping peppers whole, peel them, starting at blossom end. Cut off pepper tops and discard seeds and ribs.