Roasted Red Pepper Garlic Tapenade – Just Three Ingredients

Name: Roasted Red Pepper Garlic Tapenade
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 1 cup
Ingredients: 6 Red pepper (large); 2 Garlic bulbs; 1/4 cup Olive oil; Salt and pepper to taste

February 11, 2017 By Veena Azmanov 58 Comments

Roasted Red Pepper Garlic Tapenade – Just Three Ingredients

A tapenade is a must have on hand for easy sandwich spreads, tortilla wraps, and appetizers. This roasted red pepper garlic tapenade is our family favorite, super easy, quick and simple to make. You will be totally addicted to it.

A tepenade is a must have on hand for easy sandwich spreads, tortilla wraps and appetizers. This roasted red pepper garlic tepenade is our family favorite, super easy, quick and simple to make. You will be totally addicted to it

Roasted Red Pepper Garlic Tapenade

Don’t you just love that color? Rich red from the red peppers and roasted garlic. If you have tasted roasted garlic before you know exactly what I mean when I say this tapenade is sweet and flavorful. You will be eating it on almost anything you can.

Try adding it to your favorite tomato pasta.
Spread it on your pizza.
Add a dash of cream and cheese and tossed in some pasta.
Sprinkle some on your favorite salad as a dressing.

Roasted Red Pepper Garlic Tapenade

Here are some Appetizers I made for dinner.

This is just wheat toast with roasted red pepper garlic tapenade, topped with smoked salmon and garnished with pickles and herbs.

Here’s the kids favorite – crusty baguette with roasted red pepper garlic tapenade topped with goats cheese slices and some basil.

Let’s talk ingredients and substitutes (Save/Pin)

Red Peppers – Well, people say all peppers are the same but I think red pepper better and it’s taste really delicious when roasted. I have not tried it with yellow or Orange as yet.
Garlic – Garlic when roasted goes thru a complete makeover. It changes from this pungent and strong smelling spice to a sweet flavorful spread you can eat just on it’s own. So don’t hesitate to use as much as you fancy.
Olive oil – Use a good quality olive oil. This is so delicious you will be spreading it on almost anything and everything so make sure you use an olive oil you absolutely love.
Wanna use a flavored olive oil? You can – I have tried the avocado oil and well as chilly flavored olive oil and yes…. yum…

Roasted Red Pepper Garlic Tapenade

Recipe – Roasted Red Pepper Garlic Tapenade (Save/Pin)

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Tell me wouldn’t that make a beautiful Appetizer for Valentine’s Day?

Roasted Red Pepper Garlic Tapenade

Or this as well? any date night appetizer – right?

Roasted Red Pepper Garlic Tapenade

NOTE: The ratio of red peppers to garlic is totally based on your own personal preference. You can adjust quantity to your taste.

Ingredients

6 large red pepper
2 whole garlic bulbs
1/4 cup olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste

Method

Roast Red Peppers

Wash and clean red peppers
Cut in half and de-seed
Line a baking tray with aluminum foil
Place peppers skin side down on the foiled tray
Bake in a preheated oven at 200 C / 400 F for about 30 minutes turning them skin side up about half way thru
When roasted the skin will be black.
Take it out from the oven
Leave them on the baking tray lined with aluminum foil
Gather the corners of the aluminum foil up overwrapping the red peppers completely
Let cool wrapped for about 10 minutes – this will help the skin just peel off the peppers.
After 10 minutes skin the red peppers – cooling them wrapped helps separate the skin from the flesh.

Roast Garlic

Leave the garlic bulbs skin on.
Cut off the tail end slightly so you expose the garlic (see picture below)
Place them on a piece of aluminum foil large enough to wrap the bulbs
Add a tbsp olive oil, sprinkle salt and pepper
Wrap the garlic bulbs into the foil
Place in the oven with the red peppers at 200 C / 400 F for about 30 mins.
After 30 minutes take them off the oven and let cool in the foil
Once cooled it’s easy to just pick the garlic off the bull into a small bowl.
Two bulbs should make about 1/4 cup

Make the Tapenade

Place the red peppers and roasted garlic in a food processor
Pulse for a few seconds
Add salt and pepper to taste.
Then pour in the olive oil slowly while still processing.
Taste for seasoning before you transfer to a jar
Place in the fridge until ready to use.
This will stay fresh in the fridge for up to two weeks.

Here’s a little step by step on how to roast garlic

How to Roast Garlic

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Roasted Red Pepper Garlic Tapenade

Recipe Card – Roasted Red Pepper Garlic Tapenade

Roasted Red Pepper Garlic Tapenade

Author: Veena Azmanov

5 from 29 votes

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Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: Italian

Keyword: Roasted garlic and red pepper tapenade, Tapenade recipe

Adjust Servings Here: 1 cup

Calories: 71kcal

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 40 mins

Total Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

6 Red pepper large
2 Garlic bulbs
1/4 cup Olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste

Metric - US customary