Posts Tagged ‘capsicum’

Roasted Capsicum – DIY

Saturday, June 30th, 2012

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 :D

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 :D )  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.

 

 

 

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Truly Sunny Side Up Eggs

Thursday, June 28th, 2012

A dear friend posted this one on my facebook wall and i just HAD to share it ! What a fabulous idea !! Thank you Chris :)

Not sure what they’re “officially” called but lets have a go making them.

Ingredients:

slice of capsicum – about 1.5cm thick

slice of tomato – about 3mm thick

butter or olive oil

an egg

salt, pepper, paprika to season

parsley/dill/sweet basil to decorate

 

 

Method: as you can see above

  1. melt butter in your frypan
  2. place down a slice of capsicum
  3. in the centre of that, place a slice of tomato … let that fry for a moment to heat through
  4. crack an egg into the capsicum casing
  5. season and garnish

Serve with freshly toasted bread.

I love these, they just look so happy !

Sent to me by Christine Hill.

Photo from https://www.facebook.com/wholisticpursuit

 

 

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