Calabrese Salad

Name: Calabrese Salad
Yield: serves 6
Ingredients: 1 pound russet potatoes; 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil; 6 Italian frying peppers (also called banana peppers and Cubanelles), preferably 5 inches or longer; 12 plump garlic cloves, peeled; 1 small red onion, halved and very thinly sliced; 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt; 1/2 teaspoon peperoncino flakes, or to taste; 2 tablespoons red-wine vinegar; A bowl for mixing and serving the salad; a heavy-bottomed skillet or sauté pan, 12-inch diameter or wider

December 9, 2011

Peppers play a central role in this Calabrian version of potato salad. Fresh green peppers are fried as a main salad ingredient; and peperoncino, dried crushed red-pepper flakes, serves as an essential seasoning. The peppers you want for this are the slender, long ones with sweet, tender flesh, which I have always just called “Italian frying peppers.” These days, with the greater popularity of peppers and chilis here in America, markets sell a number of varieties that are suitable for frying, such as banana peppers, wax peppers, Hungarian peppers, and Cubanelle peppers. In addition to this delicious salad with potatoes, you’ll find many wonderful uses for fresh peppers, fried Italian-style. Season them with olive oil and slices of garlic, let them marinate, and enjoy them as part of an antipasto or layered in a sandwich. Or sprinkle a little wine vinegar on the peppers (with the olive oil and garlic) for a condiment-like salad that is just perfect with grilled fish or chicken.

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