What’s cooking today? Well… in the pot, nothing. Today I offer you a simple but flavorful side dish: my flavorful peppers. They are baked (or roasted on a grill pan), peeled, and seasoned with a fragrant sauce made of parsley, garlic, capers, anchovies, and green olives. A Mediterranean dish, colorful and irresistible, perfect to accompany meat or fish dishes, but also great as an appetizer on a slice of crusty bread. They are easy to prepare and ideal to serve either warm or cold. I guarantee they will be a success and will win everyone over with their flavor that speaks of summer.
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- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Cheap
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 3 people
- Cooking methods: Oven, Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Spring, Summer
Ingredients for Flavorful Peppers
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1 yellow bell pepper
- 1 clove garlic (½ if large)
- 1 tablespoon pickled capers
- 2 anchovy fillets in oil
- 1 bunch parsley (about 10 g)
- 1 oz green olives
- extra virgin olive oil
- salt
- black pepper
Tools
- 1 Food Processor
- 1 Small Bowl
- 1 Baking Tray
Preparation of Flavorful Peppers
Wash the peppers, dry them, remove all seeds and white internal filaments, and cut them into strips.
Place them on a baking tray lined with parchment paper and bake for 10 minutes in a preheated static oven at 356°F, then turn them and bake for another 10 minutes. Finally, switch to grill mode until they are well roasted. This will take about another five minutes. Alternatively, as I mentioned in the introduction, you can grill the peppers on a grill pan or on a hot griddle, turning them often.
Remove the peppers from the oven, peel off the burnt skin (this will make them even more digestible), and place them on a serving dish.
Wash and dry the parsley leaves and chop them together with the garlic, capers, anchovy fillets, and green olives.
Transfer the mixture into a small bowl and add a few tablespoons of oil and a grind of black pepper. Adjust salt only if necessary (I didn’t add any because capers and anchovies are already very flavorful).
Season the peppers with the prepared sauce and let them marinate for a few minutes (I prepared them a couple of hours in advance). Serve the flavorful peppers at room temperature. Enjoy! Paola
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