Roasted Peppers Over Garlic Ricotta Sauce

A cast iron skillet showing a dish made with peppers and ricotta sauce.

This dish with roasted peppers in garlic ricotta sauce is a very satisfying light Mediterranean style meal. Top it off with feta cheese, fresh parsley and serve it with warm bread. Yum!

Course Main Course

Cuisine Mediterranean

Keyword roasted peppers in garlic ricotta sauce

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 25

Slow cooking sauce 10

Total Time 45

Servings servings

Calories 391kcal

Author Sonila

Equipment

Ingredients

2 lbs long peppers
3 garlic cloves
2 tbsps olive oil
16 ozs ricotta
2 ozs feta cheese crumbled
1-2 tbsps fresh parsley finely chopped
sea salt to taste

Instructions

Wash and pat dry the peppers or let them air dry in a colander. Then place them over parchment paper in a baking tray.
Roast peppers at 425 degrees F until their skin is blistered, usually about 20 minutes. You can flip them for 5 more minutes to allow for skin to blister on the other side too. Let peppers cool to touch after they're done roasting.
Place a cast iron skillet over medium heat. Once skillet is hot, add 2 tbsps of olive oil and minced garlic. Use a wooden spoon to stir the garlic a bit until it becomes aromatic.
Add ricotta and mix, lower heat to low so ricotta doesn't splatter. Add sea salt to taste. Let the sauce cook slowly as you peel the peppers. Make sure they're cool to touch. Remove seeds and peel. Cut peppers in long strips.
Add the peppers in ricotta sauce and mix, don't forget to pour the juice from the peppers as that add flavor to the sauce. Mix to allow for flavors to twine together.
Top off with crumbled feta cheese and fresh parsley to garnish the dish. Use warm bread, pita or sourdough to dig in and enjoy this dish:).

Notes

It's usually a main course in the Mediterranean but in the hot summer days, when you're eating outdoors you don't want a heavy meal. But under other circumstances I'd classify this as more of a meze or light meal.
We almost never have leftovers from this dish, but if you have any store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for couple of days. Warm up and serve when ready!

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