Roasted Marinated Peppers with Goat Cheese |
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Prep Time: 5 Minutes Cook Time: 3 Minutes |
Ready In: 8 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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Sweet roasted peppers in a delicious side dish or appetizer! Ingredients:
2 large red bell peppers |
2 large yellow bell peppers |
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil |
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar |
1 lemon, juice of |
1 clove garlic, thinly sliced |
6 sprigs fresh thyme |
salt |
freshly ground pepper |
12 black olives |
1 large orange, peeled,sliced |
2 ounces soft goat cheese |
Directions:
1. Heat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2. Arrange peppers on a foil-lined baking sheet and bake until blackened and soft, 25-30 minutes, turning once or twice.
3. Transfer to a bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let stand 10 minutes (this helps steam the peppers in their skins, and makes skin removal easier).
4. Meanwhile, make the marinade: combine oil, vinegar, lemon juice, garlic, leaves from about half the thyme, salt and pepper in a large bowl.
5. While peppers are still hot, slip off the skin and scrape out seeds; remove stems.
6. Cut each pepper into quarters.
7. Add roasted peppers to the marinade and refrigerate for 2-3 hours.
8. To serve, arrange peppers on 4 plates, garnish with olives, oranges and remaining thyme, and crumble goat cheese over and season with additional freshly ground pepper.
9. Note: instead of all red wine vinegar, you can use 1 1/2 tablespoons red wine vinegar and 1 teaspoon balsamic, for even deeper and sweeter flavor. Chopped basil is also a delicious garnish.
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