Les Poivrons au Four

Name: Les Poivrons au Four
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: several anchovy fillets (optional); salt and pepper; 3 tablespoons capers, drained; 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil; 3 large red peppers; 3 large yellow peppers

Grilled peppers

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
25 min

Appears in

The Cooking of Provence

By Patricia Lousada

Published 1995

About

Not only is the flavour of peppers greatly enhanced by grilling but they are also far more digestible. The only trouble is that they are so delicious you will find that everyone asks for more.

Ingredients

3 large red peppers
3 large yellow peppers
4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

Europe
France
Starter
Pescatarian
Gluten-free
Mediterranean

Method

Preheat the grill to its highest heat. Grill the peppers until the skins are well blackened and blistered. Turn them over so that all sides get charred. Place the peppers in a polythene bag and leave to cool for 5 minutes – this enables the skins to be removed more easily. Remove one pepper at a time from the bag, wet your fingers with cold water and pull off the charred skins. Peel the other p