Everyone has their own method and now i’m going to share mine

Ingredients:

capsicum – red or yellow … i don’t know of anyone doing this with green … if you have, please leave a comment on how it went and flavour

olive oil

Method:

1. preheat oven to 220 Celsius
2. line a shallow tray with foil
3. lay the capsicum, skin side up
4. coat the capsicum skin well with olive oil
5. place the tray with the capsicum as high in the oven as it can be (i had to move shelving)
6. after 20-30min the skin should be blackened – patchy blackness is fine.
7. take out of the oven and cover the whole tray with foil, making sure its fully sealed, so that the capsicum is steamed – this will realease the skin easily for peeling.
8. peel
9. use as desired

And i did

Note: same effect can be created under a griller (will only take approx 5minutes versus 20-30min in the oven – thank you for that tip Anthea )  but as my griller is kaput … i used the oven … use what suits you best.

If you’d like to keep them for a while (not sure how long they will keep though), put them in a jar and immerse them olive oil (thank you, Anthea, for that one too !) … for some extra flavor, add some slivered garlic or your favorite herbs.

Tags: capsicum, DIY, roasted, roasting

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