Roasted Marinated Peppers with Goat Cheese

Julesong's Note:

Sweet roasted peppers in a delicious side dish or appetizer!

• Total Time: 3 hrs 45 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 3 hrs 40 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 2 large red bell peppers
• 2 large yellow bell peppers
• ¼ 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.

Reviews

[Faux Cordon Bleu]

Such great flavours together. I love finding new things to do with goats cheese and this rates among the best.

[woodland hues]

This makes a wonderful appetizer. Instead of dividing it up into four plates I arranged some of everything on a bigger platter to take to a function. Very well received. Toothpicks or forks nearby are handy. I used red wine and balsamic vinegars and 4 red peppers, although I didn't get them all on the platter and so we get to munch on the remainders at home today! I had fresh thyme sprigs and basil leaves that I cut up for garnish. Exquisite tastes, thanks for the posting!