Roasted Sweet Peppers, Sour Orange Vinaigrette & Goat Cheese

photo by WhatamIgonnaeatnext


- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 3 red bell peppers
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- fine sea salt & freshly ground black pepper
- 1 pinch sugar
- 1 pinch red pepper flakes
- 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice or 2 tablespoons tangerine juice
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 ounces goat cheese or 2 ounces feta cheese, crumbled
- baguette or country bread, sliced and toasted on a hot grill, for serving
directions
- Turn on two gas-fired stovetop burners (or fire up the grill) and roast the peppers directly on the flames, turning them often with tongs, until fully blackened. Transfer the peppers to a bowl, cover tightly with plastic wrap, and let steam until cool enough to touch.
- Rub off the black skins, cut out the stems, remove the seeds, and rip the peppers in half. Cut the pepper flesh into strips and then on the diagonal into 1-inch-wide diamonds.
- Heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, until it turns light golden brown. Add the peppers, season with ¼ teaspoon salt, a few cranks of pepper, and a pinch of sugar, and cook over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until the peppers soften and sweeten, about 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, for the sour orange vinaigrette, whisk together the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil, ½ teaspoon salt, black pepper to taste, the red pepper flakes, and the orange and lemon juices.
- Lay the cooked peppers out on a platter, drizzle with the sour orange vinaigrette, and top with the crumbled cheese. Serve warm or at room temperature, with grilled bread.
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Reviews
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I wanted to try something that I would not normally make. This was an easy recipe. My husband roasted the peppers on our gas stove for me. I chose to use the goat cheese instead of the feta cheese. Even with the red pepper flakes, it was not spicy. I made this for "New Kids On the Block" recipe tag.
Tweaks
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I wanted to try something that I would not normally make. This was an easy recipe. My husband roasted the peppers on our gas stove for me. I chose to use the goat cheese instead of the feta cheese. Even with the red pepper flakes, it was not spicy. I made this for "New Kids On the Block" recipe tag.
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<p class=p1>I’m a chef, a cooking teacher, a recipe developer, a writer, a cookbook author (the upcoming THE NEW MIDWESTERN TABLE), and host of HEARTLAND TABLE on Food Network. I grew up in Minnesota but spent 7 years cooking professionally in New York in fine dining kitchens. I am also a wife and a mom who shoulders some pretty heavy cooking duties. In other words, I may be a former professional but I also cook three meals a day. </p>