{"id":1073,"date":"2011-03-11T11:42:51","date_gmt":"2011-03-11T16:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/?p=1073"},"modified":"2011-03-11T11:42:58","modified_gmt":"2011-03-11T16:42:58","slug":"harissa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2011\/03\/harissa\/","title":{"rendered":"Harissa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCN2007.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1074\" title=\"DSCN2007\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCN2007.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCN2007.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCN2007.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCN2007.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCN2007.jpg?w=2250&amp;ssl=1 2250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have been meaning to make harissa for years. Literally. I came across the <a href=\"https:\/\/bunnyfoot.blogspot.com\/2005\/04\/harissa_27.html\" target=\"_blank\">recipe<\/a> around 5-6 years ago on <a title=\"Bunnyfoot\" href=\"https:\/\/bunnyfoot.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">this blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Then Alex got sick, I had to go to the store for some things for him and I remembered the recipe. So I bought the things that \u00a0I needed.<\/p>\n<p>This is one of those things that you&#8217;re like, &#8220;I waited years to do this thing that was so easy.&#8221; Maybe you don&#8217;t have those experiences. But I do.<\/p>\n<p>Basically you soak dried chiles in water.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCN2011.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1075\" title=\"DSCN2011\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCN2011.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCN2011.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCN2011.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCN2011.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCN2011.jpg?w=2250&amp;ssl=1 2250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Then you blend the chiles with the other ingredients.<\/p>\n<p>This. Is. Delicious.<\/p>\n<p>I have some plans for this and a chicken that lies waiting innocently in the fridge.<\/p>\n<p><em>Oh little birdy, I am going to massage the fragrant paste into your skin then stuff your cavity with aromatics. I am going to roast you and your juices will drip onto a bed of sweet potatoes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Can&#8217;t. Wait.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCN2018.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1076\" title=\"DSCN2018\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCN2018.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCN2018.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCN2018.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCN2018.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/DSCN2018.jpg?w=2250&amp;ssl=1 2250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But there&#8217;s the little issue of a sink that isn&#8217;t draining. At all. Though my desire for this roasted chicken swells by the moment, I am not cooking chicken under circumstances that involve sitting water.<\/p>\n<p>Guess I&#8217;ll be waiting after all.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been meaning to make harissa for years. Literally. I came across the recipe around 5-6 years ago on this blog. Then Alex got sick, I had to go to the store for some things for him and I remembered the recipe. So I bought the things that \u00a0I needed. This is one of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2011\/03\/harissa\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Harissa<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13],"tags":[140],"class_list":["post-1073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cooking","tag-harissa","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s33KTw-harissa","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3192,"url":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2014\/01\/in-an-open-letter-to-a-pastry-recipe\/","url_meta":{"origin":1073,"position":0},"title":"In an open letter to a pastry recipe,","author":"sherlonya","date":"January 4, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cI read a lot of recipes. 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