Recipe: Tasty Piperade

Piperade. Its owners describe the restaurant as "West-Coast Basque Cuisine," bringing together these two cultures by incorporating fresh local ingredients into French, Sp Piperade (Gascon and French) or Piperrada (Basque and Spanish), from piper (pepper in Gascon and in Basque) is a typical Basque dish prepared with onion, green peppers, and tomatoes sautéd and flavoured with red Espelette pepper. The colours coincidentally reflect the colours of the Basque flag (red, green and white). It may be served as a main course or as a side dish.

More + French, Spanish, Soups And Stews, Vegetables, Bell Pepper, Garlic, Onion, Plum Tomato, Dinner, Easy, Lunch, Main Course, Side Dish, Vegetarian. Season to taste with salt and pepper. You can serve the piperade now, in its chunky form. You can cook Piperade using 9 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Piperade

1. You need 2 of poivrons rouges.
2. You need 1 of petite tomate marmande.
3. You need 1 of petite tomate ananas.
4. You need 1 of oignon rouge.
5. Prepare 2 gousses of d’ail.
6. Prepare 5 of œufs.
7. It's of Piment d’Espelette.
8. It's of Sel.
9. Prepare of Huile d’olive.

However, if you want a smoother piperade, cool the mixture slightly, then pulse in a food processor until desired thickness (a saucy mixture with chunks of red and green pepper is especially nice for egg dishes). I had this in a delightful restaurant in Paris called Chez Philippe, which specialises in dishes like this from the Basque region of France. There they served it with tiny rounds of spicy chorizo sausage and small slices of raw cured Bayonne ham lightly sautéed. This latter addition could, of course, be replaced by some crisp fried bacon slices.

Piperade step by step

1. Émincer grossièrement l’oignon.
2. Couper l’ail en fine lamelles.
3. Laver et enlever les grains des poivrons avant de les couper en courtes lamelles.
4. Laver les tomates et les couper en morceaux.
5. Dans une poêle chaude faire revenir l’oignon et l’ail dans l’huile d’olive.
6. Ajouter les poivrons, les faire revenir, saler et relever avec une cuillère à café de piment d’Espelette et laisser cuire pendant 10 mns.
7. Ajouter les tomates et laisser cuire pendant 20 mns.
8. Égoutter la préparation dans une passoire fine.
9. Dans un saladier, casser les 5 œufs et les battre en omelette, saler et relever avec le piment.
10. Dans la poêle chaude avec un fond d’huile d’olive, verser les œufs battus, ajouter les poivrons et laisser cuire à feu moyen et à couvert jusqu’à ce que les œufs soient cuits.
11. Servir avec une salade verte.

Piperade, a spicy tomato-pepper sauce from the Basque region of France can be used as a stewing ingredient or a garnish to a finished dish. This recipe uses a small amount of granulated sugar mellow out the sharp tang of the tomatoes and peppers. Pipérade trumpets the versatility of French Basque cuisine. A simple sauté is enlivened with the local cured pork, Bayonne ham, and a spicy paprika known as piment d'Espelette. La piperade peut être servie avec du jambon de Bayonne poêlé.