Vegetable Recipes - Piedmont Peppers Recipe

 
 

Vegetable Recipes - Piedmont Peppers Recipe

Ingredients

Serve 4

  • 4 red peppers

  • 4 tomatoes, skinned and quartered

  • 4-8 anchovy fillets, halved or quartered lengthways

  • 4 tablespoons olive oil

  • salt and pepper 

To garnish:

  • handful of green or red basil, roughly torn

  • 125 g/4 oz Parmesan cheese


Method:

  1. Halve the peppers lengthways, leaving the stalks intact, and remove the cores and seeds.

  2. Lightly oil a baking sheet and arrange the peppers on it, skin side down.

  3. Put 2 tomato quarters into each pepper, make an anchovy cross on top, drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

  4. Place in a preheated oven, 200°C (400°F), Gas Mark 6, and cook for 25 minutes. Allow the peppers to cool, then garnish with torn basil leaves.

  5. Using a mandoline or vegetable peeler, shave the Parmesan on top.