Roasted Pepper Sauce in the InstantPot

Sorry I didn't get a better photo of this sauce, but I wasn't expecting to break the recipes the way I ended up doing.

This sauce is very versatile, and can be used for pasta, Enchiladas, dip, or many other uses.

This recipe uses just a few spices and ingredients you might just have lying around the house.

To start you will gather the spice mixture and turn the InstantPot on to the sauté mode on the Hot setting.

While the pot is heating roughly cut up the tomatoes, peppers, and onion.

Once the pot reaches tempter, add the spice blend. In general I don't use the Hot setting, as I find it over cooks, especially tomato based recipes. But this time we are just going to roast the spices so it is a good setting.

Once the spices start to smell toasted, add all the ingredients to the InstantPot, and change the sauté setting to normal. This is to get a slight char on the peppers. I like to cover my pot with a lid to keep in the moisture.

Once the mixture starts to get a char, or if the ingredients start to burn (Which can happen so keep stirring occasionally), add 1 cup of water.

Then add the pressure cooking lid and move the vent to closed, and us the pressure cooking setting and set for 10 minutes. When done cooking do a quick release. If you are adding the optional dairy, you can add at this point.

If you have an infusion blender, do this right in the pot. If not dump all the ingredients into a blender.

And your sauce is ready to use! Simple, quick, and tasty!

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Roasted Pepper Sauce in the InstantPot

Spice Blend

• 1/2 teaspoon peppercorns

• 1 tablespoon cumin seed

Other Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons of Olive oil, or other healthy oil

• 1 small red onion

• 1 jalapeño (or more if desired, seeded if a less spicy is desired)

• 2 large tomatoes

• 4 cloves of garlic (can be added whole)

• 1/4 cup cream (optional add after cooking)

• 1/4 pound of Mozzarella or Gruyere cheese (optional add after cooking)

1. Turn the IP to sauté on Hot.

2. While pot comes to temperature, coarsely cut the peppers, onion, and tomatoes.

3. Once the pot comes to temperature add the spice mixture and toast the spices.

4. Once spices are toasted, change the sauté mode to Normal

5. Then add the oil, peppers, onion, garlic, and tomatoes to the pot and sauté for about 5 minutes.

6. Add 1 cup of water.

7. Add the pressure cooking lid, make sure the vent is closed, set for 10 minutes, and use a quick release.

8. Blend the sauce and add dairy if desired.