Pindjur -- More Roasted Red Peppers

Last week we got together with Ane, again, to make Pindjur, another Macedonian specialty.  Ginna and Hannah were able to come along and help out with the process this time, and we had so much fun.

Pindjur consists of roasted red peppers, tomatoes, carrots, onions, parsley, oil, salt and vinegar.  It is super yummy. 

Watch out, Ginna will cut you! :)

The peppers doing their roasting. We roasted, peeled and seeded 30 kilos of red peppers.

After all the peeling, we put all the peppers in big potato sacks to sit over night so some of the water would drain out of them. Then Ane took them down and ran them through a food mill.

Here are the tomatoes boiling. We used 10 (?) kilos of tomatoes.  Then added two liters of oil!

Here are the milled red peppers waiting to jump on the fire.

While we waited for the tomatoes to boil down to a paste like substance, Ginna and Hannah took the girls to the playground and Ane and I studied the Bible together!

We added 10 kilos of shredded carrots and the chopped onions.

And Hannah stirred and stirred and stirred. It's a workout.

Ginna took over the stirring for a while.  We all took our turn, because you have to stir constantly or risk burning it.

Then after a couple of hours we jarred it.

We left a little in the pot, got a loaf of fresh bread and enjoyed a Macedonian lunch. We earned it!

Aren't they pretty!

In my opinion, pindjur is way better than ajvar.  Here is a recipe, if you would like to try it at home. This recipe is written by lady who is married to a Macedonian. They are living together in the states so the recipe is tailored to ingredients and means you have right down the road. Enjoy, and don't forget to pray!