(bell) peppers/capsicum

Cooked in a pan or baked with toasted bread crumbs and capers, these peppers ‘ca muddica‘ – bread crumbs in Sicilian dialect – is a classic Sicilian side-dish perfect to pair both with meat and fish dishes. Yellow and red peppers are usually used because they are sweeter than the green ones and...

Another use for Corn Maque Choux. INGREDIENTS 1 LB ground/minced beef 4 large bell peppers - I like to use different colors 1/4 cup +/- EVOO 2 cups Corn Maque Chou (Frozen or canned whole kernel corn.) 1 cup diced onions 1/2 cup diced celery Dice the tops cut from the peppers - at least 1/2...

Steak chilli ingredients for 2 persons: 200 g sliced good quality steak 100 g red bell pepper slices 2 small onions, sliced 1 small can of corn (100 g) 1 small can of pinto beans (100 g) 2 tbsp of tomato paste 1 tsp liquid smoke 150 mls of water (approx, add more if the mixture is too dry) A...

Bell peppers - do you have a preference for a particular colour? How would you describe the difference in taste? What is your favourite way to use them? You can vote for up to 2 in the poll. N.B. I know peppers are technically a fruit but they are generally regarded as a veg - so I've put this...

This vegetarian dish is fairly straightforward and fast to make, providing you have already cooked the rice. The quantities make one serving but are easily multiplied up to feed more. The pickled red onion is a lovely contrast to the nutty tasting rice and the sweet pepper and corn. Use...

This is something of a discovery for me. This sauce has such a vibrant red colour, the texture is velvety and thick and yet its totally fat free and consequently low calorie. I used it here with chicken - I simply added chunks of chicken breast to the sauce and simmered gently until the chicken...

Salsa Escalivada 1/2 of a small eggplant, 1 inch dice, salted, weighted for at least 30 minutes, rinsed and dried 1-1/2 Tbsp vegetable oil 3 Tbsp unsalted butter 1/2 large red onion 1/2 red bell pepper 1/2 yellow bell pepper 1 celery stalk, 1/2 inch dice 1/2 small fennel bulb Rounded 3/4 tsp...

Recipe courtesy of Chef Norman Van Aken. Adapted to a more traditional cooking method, charcoal/wood burning oven/grill. Makes 4 appetizer/tapas servings or 2 main course. Can be doubled easily. 1 cup Salsa Escalivada (recipe below) Roasted garlic allioli (recipe below) 1 large eggplant cut...

Pollo con i Peperoni alla Romana, in Italian Language, is at least as Roman as the Fontana di Trevi and the Colosseum. There are those who cook peppers separately by adding them to the chicken later and those who, like us, cook them directly together with the chicken. Whatever you choose...

There are several versions of eggs cooked in spicy tomato sauce around the world. For example: Italian 'Eggs in Purgatory', Mexican 'Ranch Eggs (Huavos Ranchos)' and Middle Eastern 'Shakshuka'. In this version, tangy and savoury green olives work perfectly with the hot spicy sauce and silky...

My wife grows chillies in her greenhouses and out the back as well. Every year I make a batch of hot chilly sauce, I make when red capsicums are cheap. I used 18 in this, char grilled under the grill/ broiler. Then in a pot with about 300 chillies of all different sizes, see pic. I add the...

Friggitelli, or friarelli peppers, are a variety of little long peppers with a green colour and a sweet taste typical of central-southern Italy. In Naples they are also called ‘puparuoli friarelli’. In other parts of Italy, they are simply called frying sweet peppers. Friggitelli, the name...

Like most Italian Americans, I love Italian sausage, peppers and onions. My favorite way to make it, just happens to be kebabs over charcoal and wood. No real recipe. Italian sausage (hot or sweet, your choice). Bell peppers. Onions. I skewer everything and drizzle with olive oil, and season...

Ingredients 400 g Chicken breast, trimmed and diced 30 mm 3 ripe tomatoes, skinned and diced 1 large onion, chopped 1 tsp garlic, minced 1⁄2 tsp ginger, minced 1⁄2 tblsp fresh basil, chopped 2 tblsp olive oil salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste 1 capsicum, chopped into 20 mm pieces 8...