Roasted Red Pepper & Walnut Dip with Pomegranate Molasses

Ingredients

• ½ tsp. ground cumin (preferably from freshly toasted and ground cumin seed); more for garnish
• ¾ cup walnuts, lightly toasted
• 1 Tbs. extra-virgin olive oil; more for garnish
• 1 Tbs. fresh lemon juice; more as needed
• ¼ cup crumbled stone-ground wheat crackers, such as Nabisco Wheatsworth
• 1 Tbs. pomegranate molasses (available online at Kalustyans.com); more as needed
• 2 small mildly hot red chiles (such as Fresno or red jalapeño), roasted, peeled, and seeded
• + 4 more ingredients
• • 2 large red bell peppers (about 1-¼ lb.), roasted, peeled, and seeded
  • ½ tsp. kosher salt; more as needed
  • 1 Tbs. pine nuts, toasted (optional)
  • ½ tsp. granulated sugar

Finely chop the walnuts in a food processor. Blot the peppers and chiles dry with paper towels. Add the peppers, chiles, crackers, lemon juice, pomegranate molasses, cumin, salt, and sugar to the food processor. Process until mostly smooth. With the machine on, slowly pour the oil down the feed t...

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