Roasted Red Pepper Dip

Total Time: 8 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• 4 medium red bell peppers, roasted (see note)
• 1 cup yogurt cheese (see note)
• salt, to taste
• hot sauce, to taste

Recipe

• 1 in a food processor fitted with the steel blade or blender, puree the roasted red peppers.
• 2 place puree into a medium serving bowl and combine with the yogurt cheese, red pepper puree, salt and hot sauce.
• 3 blend to thoroughly combine all ingredients. serve as a dip with freshly cut vegetables, crackers, chips or tortilla chips.
• 4 cook's notes:
• 5 to roast red peppers, preheat the broiler.
• 6 place the peppers on broiler pan and place under the broiler.
• 7 broil on all sides until charred and blackened.
• 8 remove from oven.
• 9 place in a plastic sealable bag and let rest 15 minutes.
• 10 remove from charred skin; core and seed peppers.
• 11 to prepare yogurt cheese:
• 12 line a colander set over a pan or bowl with 2 layers of coffee filters or cheesecloth.
• 13 place 32 ounces nonfat or low-fat plain yogurt in colander.
• 14 cover and refrigerate at least 8 hours or overnight.
• 15 shorter draining produces moister cheese similar to sour cream; longer draining produces a thicker cheese.
• 16 scrape the yogurt cheese from the filter or cloth and use in recipe.