Roasted Marinated Peppers with Goat Cheese

Sweet roasted peppers in a delicious side dish or appetizer!

• Ready In: 3 hrs 45 mins
• Serves: 4

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.