PEPPERS, ROASTED PEPPERS
To add a delightfully smoky flavor to pasta dishes, pizza, and brochette, bell peppers can be grilled on a barbecue grill, over the flame of a gas range burner, or broiled in the oven.
To prepare peppers, cut a small slit near the stem of each pepper.
If grilling, secure pepper to a long-handled fork and hold over flame turning pepper until skin becomes blackened.
If using an oven, broil peppers 4 inches away from heating element.
After skin has blackened, immediately place peppers in a zip-lock bag for 15 minutes to allow them to steam.
Remove pepper from bag and scrape the skin off using a table knife.
Remove stem, core, and remove seed from pepper.
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