Hello to everyone!!! It's a long time that I don't write to this blog because of I was very busy with my Master's degree, but finally I've finished!
So, we are in full summer and here there is a real Mediterranean summer receipe: Stuffed tomatoes, eggplants and peppers with cous-cous.
Ingredients (2 persons):
- 300 gr. of cous-cous;
- 3 big tomatoes (red or green);
- 1 eggplant (big or medium);
- 2 peppers (red or yellow);
- 1 onion (preferably Calabria's onion - the red one http://www.cipollatropea.it/cipollaTropea.htm - Italian;
- Garlic;
- Capers (preferably of Pantelleria - http://www.capperipantelleria.com/ - Italian) ;
- Black olives;
- Mint;
- Chilli pepper;
- Sicilian Pecorino Cheese ( http://www.formaggio.it/italiaDOP/pecorinosiciliano.htm - You can you any kind of cheese tipycal of your area);
- Extra Olive Oil;
- Salt.
Procedure:
1- Prepare the pre-cooked cous-cous just with water and olive oil, without salt and leave it in the pot;
2- To brown onion and garlic with olive oil and chilli pepper (low temperature);
3- To add the pulp of eggplants and one tomatoe;
4- To add cappers and black olives.
5- To spice the cous-cous with mint and olive oil;
6- To add and mix the onion and herbs browned in oil to the cous-cous;
7- To scald for no more then 10 minutes the eggplants (cut in two sides) and peppers (cutting the top);
8- To cut the top of the tomatoe, to remove the pulp and to brown with oil, garlic and salt in a pan (low temperature);
9- To fill the vegetables with the cous-cous;
10- To put them in the oven for 30-40 minutes to 180-200°
11- To leave them to cool for at least 20 minutes and the EAT!!!
BUON APPETITO!!!
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