Summer just isn’t the same without a few rounds of Panzanella, an Italian bread salad, hitting our dinner table. It is one of my favorite go-to recipes during the hot summer months, and it’s such a perfect way celebrate the flavors we enjoy most this time of year … big juicy red tomatoes, crisp cucumbers, fresh basil. It does everything but scream summer.
The Panzanella version that I usually go for is this Tyler Florence one from his Eat This Book cookbook, and it was especially perfect for tonight’s Summerfest 2010 round-up since this week’s magical ingredient is the pepper. Roasted red peppers are a unique (and delicious) addition to this salad, and it seems only fitting that we include this dish in our last full week of summer vacation. You know, for those of us that actually are on summer vacation (yes, I’m talking to you, Nick!).
For more pepper inspiration, do check in on what my fellow Summerfesters are serving up. And oh, in the meantime, good news! Because of the popularity of the Summerfest weekly round-up, there will be a Fall version getting underway on September 22nd (full details here).
Alison at Food2: Making Hot Pepper-Infused Vodka
Michelle at Cooking Channel: A Peck of Perfect Pepper Recipes
Nicole at Pinch My Salt: Pickled Serrano Peppers
Kirsten at the FN Dish: Chiles Rellenos and More Stuffed Peppers
Liz at Healthy Eats: 10 Ways To Eat Sweet Peppers
Margaret at A Way to Garden: Oven-roasted peppers, and freezing how-to
Caroline at The Wright Recipes: Homemade Harissa & Sweet and Spicy Peperonata
The Gilded Fork: Dossier and recipes on peppers spicy and sweet
Paige at The Sister Project: Grilled Tomatillo Salsa with Jalapenos
Caron at San Diego Foodstuff: Consuelo’s Hot Chile Sauce and Hatch Chiles
Alana at Eating from the Ground Up: Homemade hot sauce, and why gloves are a good idea
Food Network, UK: It’s Chili Weather
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