PEPPER & PINEAPPLE SALAD
Sizzle, Sensational Barbecue Food
by Julie Biuso
This is gorgeously sweet and juicy and goes well with grilled chicken, pork, ham and duck.
Serves 6
Ingredients
• 2 red bell peppers (capsicums)
• olive oil
• 1 fresh pineapple, peeled, cored, sliced and cut into chunks
• 2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
• 2 Tbsp lemon juice
• 1/2 cup small mint leaves
• 1/2 tsp coriander seeds, freshly ground
• salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
1. Halve, core and seed the peppers, then cut them into fat chunks. Put pepper chunks in a bowl and drizzle with olive oil. Toss well to coat. Cook over medium heat on a barbecue hot plate (cast-iron griddle) until softened and lightly charred.
2. Alternatively, cook whole peppers in the flame of a gas burner until blackened or cook them in the oven. Transfer flamed or roasted peppers to a plate and peel when cool, removing blackened skin, and slipping out cores and seeds. Cut peppers into fat chunks, reserving any juices.
3. Put pineapple chunks in a serving bowl and arrange peppers on top.
4. In a small bowl mix together extra-virgin olive oil, lemon juice, mint, ground coriander seeds, 1/4 teaspoon salt and plenty of pepper. Spoon dressing over salad. Toss gently and serve.
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