Peperonata
The first time I ate peperonata was in an Italian home. I’d never come across it before and decided to have a go myself. After all it is really only ratatouille without the courgettes and aubergines, two vegetables that I love, and my husband won’t eat, unless under sufferance. It takes about fifteen minutes to prepare and another thirty to cook.
Ingredients
A generous glug of extra virgin olive oil, or garlic oil
A couple of cloves of minced garlic if not using garlic oil
2 medium onions, sliced
2 peppers, red, orange or yellow, but not green, sliced
1 tbsp tomato purée
1 390g tin chopped tomatoes with their juice
Salt and pepper to taste
Heat the oil in a medium sized saucepan and add the onions.
Cook and stir intermittently for about ten minutes until soft and just starting to colour.
Add the peppers and cook for another five minutes, then add the garlic (if using) and cook for another couple of minutes.
Stir in the tomato purée and then add the tinned tomatoes.
Season to taste, pop a lid on the pan and leave to simmer on a low heat for about 30 minutes until the vegetables are soft and the tomato juices have thickened.
Adjust the seasoning before serving.
This also works well served cold, or can be reheated and served with pasta.
Categories
#dinner
#onions
#tomatoes
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222929 - 2023-07-17 06:36:03