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Roasted Padron Peppers Mandarin Maldon Salt Recipe:

2 Servings

Ingredients

  • 1 Basket Padron Peppers
  • 1 - 2 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 1/4 Cup Maldon Salt
  • Zest of 1 – 2 Mandarin Orange
  • Manchego Cheese - finely shredded - optional

Instructions

Mandarin Maldon Salt

  1. Pre-heat oven to 225 degrees.

  2. I included a whole recipe for the salt. You can use it on other dishes or you can make the smaller batch for this recipe only.

  3. Zest the mandarins with a microplaner, spread the zest out on a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes.
  4. Take out and separate any clumps with your fingers and put back in for 5 additional minutes. Repeat separation of any remaining clumps and put back in for the final 2 minutes.
  5. Put salt into food processor and pulse about 5 times to break it down just a bit.
  6. Mix the zest with the salt.

Padron Peppers

  1. Wash and dry the peppers well, you don't want them to have water on them or they will splatter in the oil.
  2. Add olive oil and peppers to a cast iron skillet over medium-high heat for 6 -8 minutes, stirring frequently.
  3. Serve them right away with small dishes of Manchego and mandarin salt.

Recipe Notes

You can serve them with the plain Madron salt as well.