Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 1/2 cup garlic clove
  • 2 red bell peppers (roasted, peeled, and seeded)
  • 3 roma tomatoes, roasted and seeded
  • 2 dried ancho chiles (soak in hot water until soft, seeded)
  • 2 slices white bread, remove crust and cut into small cubes
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup red wine vinegar
  • 1/2 cup red wine
  • 1/2 cup shelled hazelnuts (can substitute blanched almonds)
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • salt and pepper

Method

  • Method:.
  • Soak bread in milk.
  • Heat the olive oil in a large saute pan over high heat until smoking.
  • Separately saute the garlic and ancho chilies until lightly browned.
  • Remove each ingredient with a slotted spoon as it's done.
  • Deglaze the pan with the vinegar and red wine.
  • Drain milk from bread.
  • Place all the sauteed ingredients, tomatoes, bell peppers, honey, bread, and the deglazing liquid into a food processor and blend until smooth.
  • Add the hazelnuts and process until finely chopped.
  • Salt and pepper to taste.