Pickled Capsicum with Salami Baguette - Chef Recipe by Stevan Paul

Ingredients

Spicy Hungarian salami is famous all over the world. It's particularly good served with sweet and sour pickled capsicums on white, crusty bread: a real treat at the end of the day.


500g red, yellow and green
Mini capsicums (peppers)
Salt
4 sprigs dill
4 sprigs tarragon
1 garlic clove
150mL white wine vinegar
80g (6 Tbs) sugar
1 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp caraway
1 bay leaf
Hungarian salami
White bread stick

Method

Remove the stems from the capsicums. Boil the capsicums in salted water for 10 minutes, then drain. Layer them in a pickling jar while still hot, together with the dill and tarragon.

Peel and finely slice the garlic. Combine 150mL water with the garlic, vinegar, sugar, mustard seeds, caraway, bay leaf and 5g salt in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil. Simmer for 1 minute and pour hot over the capsicums. Leave to cool, seal and store in the refrigerator.

These pickled capsicums taste best after a few days. Refrigerated, they will keep for up to 14 days, but they don’t usually make it that long. Especially if you have them with salami on white, crusty bread.

Credits: Images and recipes from Dining at Dusk by Stevan Paul, photography by Daniela Haug. Murdoch Books RRP $39.99. Out now.

Photo Credits: Daniela Haug.