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Candied peppers in aunt Jeanne's olive oil

  • Candied peppers in aunt Jeanne s olive oil

    Preparation:30 min
  • Cooking:1 hour
  • Complexity:Easy

Ingredients for 4 people

  • 5 red peppers
  • 4 peeled, seeded tomatoes
  • 20 to 25 cl of olive oil
  • 3 small cayenne peppers
  • a head of garlic (12 to 15 cloves
  • 1 sprig of basil
  • salt

Preparation

Heat the peppers on the grill, turning them so that they are "black" all over. Then, enclose them in a plastic bag:remove the grilled skin when they have cooled, deseed them.

Remove the skin from the tomatoes and deseed them. Chop the garlic. Melt the garlic and the diced tomatoes in a skillet over low heat. Add the salt, the sprig of basil, the peppers. Cook until well melted, no juice remains.

Add olive oil and simmer for 5 minutes with a lid. Cut the peppers into strips, cook them with the rest for 15 minutes, with a lid.

Eat cold alone or as an accompaniment.