Recipe for Odessa adjika

I love real homemade ajika, but when I buy it in stores, I often get on a liquid tomato sauce seasoned with black pepper.





Delicious homemade ajika It should be moderately sharp, thick, so that the spoon stands and that pieces of vegetables come across!

There are as many recipes for such adzhika as there are housewives, but (stop criticizing!) it is as close as possible to this ideal of adzhik, the recipe of which I was told in Odessa.





Apparently, Odessans do know a lot about food! The secret of their recipe is simple: no spices, no vinegar, only vegetables grown under the generous southern sun, garlic, hot pepper and salt.

Delicious ajika ingredients

• 1kg tomatoes
• 1 kg of red Bulgarian pepper
• 1 medium bulb
• 2 medium-sized carrots
• 1 apple
• 3 small pod of hot pepper
• 1 head of garlic
• salt

Preparation

1. Pass the tomatoes, Bulgarian pepper, onion and apple through the meat grinder (the combine is not suitable - it turns out a different consistency). Grate the carrots. Cut the garlic and hot peppers finely.
   
   
   
2. Put everything in a pot or a pot, put it on the fire, stir and bring it to a boil. Then turn down the fire and cook for 30 minutes.
   
   
   
3. Add the garlic and hot pepper.
4. Then stir ajika and cook for another 10-15 minutes. Excess moisture will evaporate, and ajika will become dense, pasty.
   
   
   
5. It is necessary to spread and roll ajika hot in sterilized banks. Give the jars a couple of hours to stand lids down under the plaid, and you can send them to the pantry.
   
   
   
6. Adjika from tomatoes and garlic ready. Bon appetit!

This ajika has only one disadvantage - it is eaten too quickly. And it is not surprising, because it is perfect for almost any dish, and smeared on bread is also very nothing!

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