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Red pepper slippers

Wed, 13 June, 2018

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red pepper foldovers

A genius idea, I really don’t understand why it’s not more widely popular: bake not just bread but the whole sandwich, filling and all, ready to eat out of the oven. An excellent vegetarian sarnie this one is, but there’s absolutely no reason why it can’t be packed with ham and cheese, chicken, bacon or tuna – erm, okay, maybe not tuna, the filling obviously has to be bakeable.  

I first made these slippers – incidentally, they are more foldovers or slappers (as in: slap together) than slippers – absolute ages ago. The recipe comes from a book of recipes for a bread machine, which obviously can all be made by hand or with a standing mixer if you’re a lucky owner. The slippers were a huge success but I found they should be baked and immediately fed to a crowd; they get soggy when standing around and are certainly the best still warm.

red pepper slippers

Unless you do have a crowd to feed, the thing to do to prolong their existence is to slightly underbake them, 12-15 minutes or until only just starting to colour around the edges. You can then show them the oven for 10 minutes before serving and they’ll be good as fresh. They can also be frozen in the underbaked state and finished off straight from freezer - 20 minutes in a hot oven.

red pepper filled loaves

If you’d rather use jarred Spanish peppers and shop-bought sun-dried tomato paste, go for it. Though forgive me if I’m confused how someone will make bread dough from scratch but can’t be bothered to stick a couple of peppers under the grill…


Red pepper slippers

Servings: 2 small loavesTime: 2 hours

INGREDIENTS

  • For the dough:
  • 200g (1¾ cup) strong white bread flour
  • 250g (2¼ cup) granary or Malthouse flour
  • 1½ tsp fine salt
  • 1 tbsp. fresh rosemary, finely chopped
  • 1 tsp caster sugar
  • 10g fresh or 1 tsp instant yeast
  • 2 tbsp. olive oil
  • 250ml (1 cup) water
  • For the filling:
  • 3 red, yellow or mixed bell peppers
  • 2 tbsp. sun-dried tomato paste (or make your own, see below)
  • 3 sprigs of fresh rosemary
  • 2 tsp olive oil
  • sea salt flakes
  • For the sun-dried tomato paste:
  • 50g (1 ½ oz.) sun dried tomato halves
  • 50-60ml (¼ cup) water
  • 1 tsp honey
  • 1 tsp olive oil


METHOD

1. To make the dough, mix all the ingredients in a standing mixer with dough hook attachment or knead by hand until the dough is smooth, elastic and stops sticking to your hands or clears the side of the mixer bowl. Place it in an oiled bowl, cover with cling film and leave in a warm place for 1 hour.

bread dough

2. To make the roasted peppers, preheat the grill to its highest setting. Prepare a plastic bag large enough to fit the peppers. Place the peppers on a roasting tray lined with foil. Place them as high as possible under the grill and roast for about 5 minutes on each side, turning with tongs, until the skin is charred and blistered all over. Remove them from the grill and put in the plastic bag to sweat, for 30 minutes.

charred peppers

3. In the meantime prepare the sun-dried tomato paste if making your own: blend the tomato halves in a food processor or a blender with the honey and oil, gradually adding enough water to make smooth paste.

4. Take the peppers out of the bag onto a wooden board. Remove the core and seeds, and peel the skin off; it’s a very messy job. Cut the skinned peppers into strips.

5. When the dough has almost doubled in volume, turn it out onto lightly floured surface. Line a large baking sheet with parchment.

6. Divide the dough in half and roll out each half to an oval about 30 x 15cm (11 x 6 in). Spread each with tomato paste, sprinkle with about two thirds of the peppers and fold each slipper lengthwise. Press the edge to seal. Sprinkle the remaining peppers on top, cover loosely with oiled cling film and leave in a warm place for 30 minutes.

shaping foldovers

7. Preheat the oven to 220C/425F/gas 7. When the slippers have risen and puffed up, take off the cling film, sprinkle with the remaining rosemary and drizzle with olive oil. Bake for 15-20 minutes until golden.

8. Remove from the oven onto a wire rack, sprinkle with sea salt flakes and leave for 5 minutes before cutting. You can reheat the slippers, whole or halves, in a warm oven for about 10 minutes. They will keep for a couple of days in an airtight container or can be frozen. In the latter instance you may underbake them by 5 minutes and bake from frozen for about 15 minutes.


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