Roasted Red Peppers

Roasted Red Peppers are a fine thing.  They're very easy to do and provide Oh So Much Flavor to dishes that you wouldnt get if you just put the plain pepper in.  They are very smokey and sweet.  Wait for a sale and do several at a time. There are several ways to roast a pepper, I find the oven is the easiest.

Roasted Red Pepper
1 pepper = 1/2 c pepper puree


Directions:
1. Put your rack to the highhest point and preheat your oven to 500*

2.  Wash your peppers and remove any stickers

3.  Put your peppers directly on the grill

4.  Cook for about 5 minutes on each side.

5.  Pepper should be charred looking, but not entirely black

6.  Place pepper in a bowl and put in the fridge to let cool.

7.  Once cooled, remove skin, ribs (the white part on the inside) and seeds

8.  Place entire pepper on baking dish and place in the freezer and freeze.

9.  After frozen, put in labeled bag and keep frozen until needed, keeps indefinetly in freezer.

Variations:
1.  Roasted Tomatoes:  Take a pint of cherry tomatoes, clean, and slice in half.  Put on a cooking sheet, open side up.  Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.  Cook for roughly 30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes.  Delicious in salads!