mardi 30 septembre 2008

red


I've only encountered these little red peppers in Italy.
They're sweet, crunchy and not spicy once you've taken all the seeds out.
The best way that i found to appreciate them is as a bitesize aperetif.
Rinse them, chop their tops off, deseed them, and quater them. You then make a filling based on cream cheese in which you add virtually any herb or spice... keep to one spice/herb at the time, as mixes tend to kill off the taste of the pepper.
Cream cheese mixes welll with mint / basil / parsley & garlic / lemon / honey & rosemary / cumin & corriander / cumin & orange zest & sultanas...
go for it !

Oh ! they have a sun dried version too that is quite HOT !
but once hydrated and mixed with three times it's quantity in dried tomato, black olives, 2 cloves of garlic, and some olive oil, you can either use it as pasta salsa or just spread it on warm toast.

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