Sweet Red Pepper Sauce

Name: Sweet Red Pepper Sauce
Total time: 15 min
Yield: About 2 cups
Ingredients: 1 large sweet red pepper; 1 small red onion, about 1/4 pound; 1 ripe red tomato, about 1/4 pound; 1 teaspoon finely chopped hot green pepper or 1/4 teaspoon hot dried red pepper flakes; 1 tablespoon Dijon-style mustard; 3 tablespoons red-wine vinegar; 1/2 cup olive oil; 2 teaspoons finely minced garlic; 1/2 cup coarsely chopped chervil or half that amount of chopped parsley

By Pierre Franey

Total Time: 15 minutes
Rating: 4(21)
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Ingredients

Yield:About 2 cups

1large sweet red pepper
1small red onion, about ¼ pound
1ripe red tomato, about ¼ pound
1teaspoon finely chopped hot green pepper or ¼ teaspoon hot dried red pepper flakes
1tablespoon Dijon-style mustard
3tablespoons red-wine vinegar
½cup olive oil
2teaspoons finely minced garlic
½cup coarsely chopped chervil or half that amount of chopped parsley

Ingredient Substitution Guide

Preparation

Step 1
Using a long fork, hold the red pepper directly over a gas flame or close to the heating element of a preheated electric broiler. Cook, turning it often so that it blisters and blackens all over - top, bottom and sides.
Step 2
Let stand until cool enough to hold, and rinse thoroughly under cold tap water, peeling off the burned outer skin. Cut the pepper flesh into 1-inch pieces. There should be about ¾ cup.
Step 3
Cut the onion into ¼-inch cubes. There should be about ¾ cup.
Step 4
Cut the tomato into ½-inch cubes. There should be about ¾ cup.
Step 5
Put the tomato, sweet pepper, onion, hot pepper, mustard, vinegar, oil, garlic and chervil in the container of a food processor. Blend thoroughly.