Author Notes
This recipe is very easy. It looks like a lot of ingredients, but most of them are foods you keep around. You can try different kinds of olives (it's good with picholines and nicoise). It's good with mild fish and grilled meat. It's even good with grilled cheese sandwiches or in mozzarella sandwiches. If you're making a lot, it is easier to put it in the food processor or mash it up in a mortar and pestle. —luvcookbooks
Ingredients
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2 teaspoons
olive oil
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1
garlic clove, minced
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1/3 cup
olives, minced
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1/2
preserved lemon
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1
scallion, white part, in rings
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1
red pepper strip, minced
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2
thyme branches
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1/2 teaspoon
salt
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1/2 teaspoon
sweet smoked paprika
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dash
hot red pepper flakes
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1/4 teaspoon
honey
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2 teaspoons
vinegar
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1 teaspoon
black pepper
Directions
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Remove the flesh from the preserved lemon and discard. Cut the peel into thin strips.
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Melt the garlic over low heat in the olive oil, then add the olives, preserved lemon, scallion rings and red pepper. Heat for 5 minutes.
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Add seasonings and warm for another 5 minutes. Taste. The preserved lemon flavor should have permeated the crema. Adjust the seasonings. It will be spicy, but you won't be eating it by itself. That's it!
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