Under the 42o C and the percentage of humidity hitting the 52%, well, I need something exotic!
I heard that there was a cute guy named Christopher Columbus, after fighting with the seven seas and monsters and the distant Mayas* people, he brought the red peppers from South America to Europe and since then we, the humble, have the pleasure to cultivate them (in particular in Greece at the west part of Macedonia - Florina).
Cute story! Now let's bake the peppers!
Clean your red peppers, dry them, and put in the oven pan, over a baking paper. Bake them at 220o C, untill they start having bubbles on the top and getting black signs like if they get burnt. (around 30 minutes - depending on your oven and your peppers)
Take them out of the oven, put them in a bowl and cover it nicely. After 10 minutes, the peppers will be "sweaty" and that will make it easy for you to peel them off. So take their skin off, cut the stalks, open the each pepper in half and remove the seeds.
Now you can either let them at this shape or you can cut the into smaller pieces.
Put them in a plate, add some olive oil, vinegar and salt and you have a perfect starter!
NOTE
You can store the peppers in the freezer for as long as you want! After completing the procedure with the peeling and seeds, take your peppers and put them into plastic bags, seal them thoroughly (removing the air) and put them in the freezer. When you feel like eating them, take them out the night before and the next day they will be waiting for you ready and soft!
Enjoy!!!
*Remind yourselves that at the end of 2012, the red peppers will save us all!
I heard that there was a cute guy named Christopher Columbus, after fighting with the seven seas and monsters and the distant Mayas* people, he brought the red peppers from South America to Europe and since then we, the humble, have the pleasure to cultivate them (in particular in Greece at the west part of Macedonia - Florina).
Cute story! Now let's bake the peppers!
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| Baked red peppers |
Clean your red peppers, dry them, and put in the oven pan, over a baking paper. Bake them at 220o C, untill they start having bubbles on the top and getting black signs like if they get burnt. (around 30 minutes - depending on your oven and your peppers)
Take them out of the oven, put them in a bowl and cover it nicely. After 10 minutes, the peppers will be "sweaty" and that will make it easy for you to peel them off. So take their skin off, cut the stalks, open the each pepper in half and remove the seeds.
Now you can either let them at this shape or you can cut the into smaller pieces.
Put them in a plate, add some olive oil, vinegar and salt and you have a perfect starter!
NOTE
You can store the peppers in the freezer for as long as you want! After completing the procedure with the peeling and seeds, take your peppers and put them into plastic bags, seal them thoroughly (removing the air) and put them in the freezer. When you feel like eating them, take them out the night before and the next day they will be waiting for you ready and soft!
Enjoy!!!
*Remind yourselves that at the end of 2012, the red peppers will save us all!
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