HotCooking

Side dish

Delia Smith's Piedmont Peppers recipe

Jump to recipe

Delia's classic and delicious peppers are divine with good bread. I never tire of eating these peppers.

  • Prep15m
  • Cook45m
  • Total1h

I don’t really get excited about stuffed peppers but these are truly special. Anchovies, garlic, tomatoes and peppers combine to make a dish that is so much greater than the sum of its parts.

The peppers come out of the oven charred and filled with juices that demand good bread for dunking. Even if you don’t like anchovies, try these peppers, but use half an anchovy per pepper instead of a whole one (or use black olives - see notes). I eat these peppers as often as I can and as a side to any Italian dish. They sit firmly within my top five foods of all time and I can’t recommend them enough.

Delia’s recipe involves skinning the tomatoes but I don’t bother. She’s absolutely right about not using green peppers though. Red, orange and yellow are fine but green peppers aren’t sweet enough and are better off being saved for another dish.

Notes

I've recently made this dish with sliced black olives instead of anchovies and it's really good. Personally I'd still choose anchovies but sometimes compromises are needed.

Recipe

Delia Smith's Piedmont Peppers

  • Prep15m
  • Cook45m
  • Total1h
Serves: 2

Ingredients

  • 3 peppers (red, orange or yellow)
  • 2-3 cloves of garlic
  • 6 anchovies (or a handful of sliced black olives - see notes)
  • 200g cherry tomatoes
  • salt and pepper
  • olive oil
  • basil leaves (to finish)

Method

  1. Preheat your oven to 200°C (180°C fan).
  2. Cut 3 peppers (not green, see intro) in half leaving the green stalk in place. Place in an oiled baking dish or tray - something with a lip that will catch any overflowing juices.
  3. Finely slice 2-3 cloves of garlic and distribute among the peppers.
  4. Use scissors to snip 1 anchovy (6 in total) into each pepper (or use sliced black olives - see notes).
  5. Halve 200g of cherry tomatoes and place into the peppers.
  6. Season with salt and pepper then drizzle generously with olive oil.
  7. Bake in the oven for 45 minutes or until charred then remove and top with a few basil leaves. Serve with bread (focaccia, ciabatta, etc) to soak up the juices.

Get the latest recipes

Sign up to the newsletter.

All written material and photography used on this website are copyright © Hot Cooking 2024.

Hot Cooking is a participant in the Amazon EU Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.co.uk.