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Ground Urfa Pepper

Urfa peppers are medium spicy Turkish peppers that are sun-dried during the day and wrapped tightly at night, yielding a rich, oily, pepper with notes of chocolate and smoky raisins. Urfas are sold ground. They work with duck and lamb, but also with such sweets as cinnamon and white chocolate. I love to bloom ground Urfa in brown butter as a dressing for cooked vegetables. If you can’t find ground Urfa pepper, use ground anchos. (See Resources.)