Sundried Tomato Red Pepper Tapenade Food

SUNDRIED TOMATO TAPENADE

Steps:

• Stir balsamic vinegar, olive oil, and cayenne pepper together in a bowl; fold in sun-dried tomatoes, Kalamata olives, green olives, and garlic. Season with black pepper. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for flavors to blend, at least 2 hours to overnight.
• Arrange cream cheese halves on 2 serving dishes; spoon tapenade over cream cheese.

SUNDRIED TOMATO-RED PEPPER TAPENADE

Steps:

• Finely chop sun-dried tomatoes and place in a large bowl. Stir in the reserved tomato oil, red pepper, garlic, feta cheese, dried basil, black pepper, and balsamic vinegar and mix well. Cover and chill for at least four hours before serving.

SUN-DRIED TOMATO DIP

Steps:

• Puree the tomatoes, cream cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise, red pepper sauce, salt and pepper in a food processor fitted with a metal blade. Add the scallions and pulse twice. Serve at room temperature.

ROASTED RED PEPPER TAPENADE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, bring 2 cups water to a boil. Add garlic; cook, uncovered, just until tender, 6-8 minutes. Drain and pat dry. Place red peppers, almonds, tomato paste, oil, garlic, salt and pepper in a small food processor; process until blended. Transfer to a small bowl. Refrigerate at least 4 hours to allow flavors to blend., Sprinkle with basil. Serve with baguette slices.

SPICY AUBERGINE (EGGPLANT) AND RED PEPPER TAPENADE - DIP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200°C or 400°F.
• Take a sturdy oven proof tin or dish and add the aubergines, red peppers, garlic cloves, tomatoes, cumin, coriander, chili powder and the olive oil.
• Mix thoroughly, so everything has a light coating of oil.
• Roast in the oven on the top shelf for 30 to 45 minutes, or until charred and tinged brown on the edges and soft to the touch.
• Take out and leave to cool slightly.
• Add the fresh coriander (cilantro), harissa paste if using and sun-dried tomatoes. Season well with salt & pepper.
• Tip all the mixture into a large bowl and blend it all together with a hand mixer/blender.
• Do NOT over mix - it should be smooth but not pureed!
• Serve in an attractive bowl and dribble the remaining olive oil over the top, garnish with some fresh coriander (cilantro) or chopped flat leaf parsley. You can also add an olive or two.
• Store in a container in the fridge with olive oil on the top for up to 2 weeks.

ROASTED RED PEPPER AND SUN-DRIED TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Rehydrate the dried tomatoes by soaking them in warm water for 1 hour. Meanwhile, sweat the onion in the olive oil in a 2-quart saucepan over medium heat, uncovered, for 7 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Do not let the onion color.
• Add the stock, rehydrated tomatoes, roasted peppers, fresh tomatoes, salt and pepper and let it all simmer together for 10 minutes. Pour the soup into a blender and process at a high speed for 4 minutes, until very smooth. Then pass it through a strainer to remove the vegetable skins. Adjust the seasoning and serve with fresh basil leaves as a garnish.

SPICY SUN-DRIED TOMATO AND LEMON ZEST TAPENADE

Steps:

• Place all olives in food processor and pulse until just to a coarse chop. About BB size or just bigger reserve).
• Place rough chopped red onion in food processor and pulse until just fine dice reserve.
• Place sun-dried tomatoes and toasted pine nuts in processor and pulse until a rough paste.
• Add back onions, and olives, juice and zest of lemons.
• Pulse until mixed and a paste.
• Pack and keep in a resalable container in the fridge will keep for two weeks. Tapenade freezes very well; spoon it into plastic ice cube trays, freeze it, and then bag and label the cubes of tapenade for quick and easy meals in the future.
• (Option use regular green olives with ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes more if you like it zippy).
• (Option use non oil sun dried tomatoes rehydrate dry and add 1/8 cup good extra virgin olive oil).