On 07/02/13 11:27, sf wrote:

> On Tue, 2 Jul 2013 11:18:19 +0000 (UTC), Feranija
> > wrote:

>> No, ajvar has nothing to do with hummus.
>
> Thank you! So, what do you guess that "red pepper" stuff he mentioned
> was? He's certainly not saying.


Who knows...? There may be different pepper spreads out there, but ajvar
certainly doesn't look like anything as a tomato sauce; it's not of such
a thin consistency, and it's not as smooth as a tomato sauce. Ajvar as
final product has a strong orangey cast. And while it is usually made of
sweet peppers, ajvar isn't sweet at all, I mean not noticeably sweet as
sweetened with sugar.

Ajvar is plenty of roasted and minced or finely chopped pepper (peeled
and deseeded), plenty of oil (preferably neutral taste), some white
vinegar, all spiced with minced or finelly chopped garlic. Don't forget
salt. Simmer at least couple of hours constantly stirring. That's all.

Cayenne or other hot chilli powder is optional, if you like hot. If you
can find sweet Anaheim chiles or perhaps sweet Newmex, I believe you'll
make a good ajvar.
There are people who like to make ajvar entirely out of moderately hot
peppers which are very similar to regular anaheim chiles.

PS. Some people like to add couple of roasted and minced eggplants in
their batch.