Garlic Roasted Peppers
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 4
Ingredients
- 4 large red peppers (or any colour peppers)
- 3 garlic cloves, peeled & thinly sliced
- 115g (4 oz) cherry tomatoes, halved
- 55g (2 oz) pitted black olives
- 4 tbsp. olive oil
- 2 tbsp. pesto sauce
- 75g (3 oz) feta cheese, thinly sliced or crumbled
- fresh basil leaves to garnish (ripped)
Method
- STEP 1Pre heat oven to 200C, fan 180C, 400F, Gas 6. Slice each pepper in half, cutting through the stalks and remove the seeds. Place the pepper halves, cut side up, in a shallow roasting tin. Top with the garlic, tomatoes and olives.
- STEP 2Drizzle over half the olive oil and season with salt and black pepper. Roast for 25-30 mins. until the peppers are just tender and lightly charred in places. Leave to cool for about 10 mins.
- STEP 3Blend the pesto sauce with the rest of the olive oil. Serve the warm peppers topped with the feta cheese and pesto dressing. Garnish with fresh basil leaves.
