Mousse of Peppers With Anchovy Sauce
- 1 cup milk
- 1 1/2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon flour
- Salt to taste
- 4 medium red peppers
- 4 medium yellow peppers
- 4 large eggs
- 1/2 cup Parmigiano Reggiano
- Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
- 1 clove garlic
- 6 anchovy fillets
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 tablespoon butter
- First make the bechamel sauce.
- In a small saucepan bring the milk to a point just below boiling.
- Set aside.
- In another small saucepan melt the butter over low heat, add the flour and salt, and cook for 5 minutes, stirring constantly to remove lumps.
- Add the heated milk to the roux, whisking to prevent lumps, and cook over low heat, stirring constantly, for 15 minutes.
- Set aside.
- To make the mousse, preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Roast the peppers for 40 minutes or until the sides soften and fall in.
- When they are cool enough to handle, pass through a sieve and set aside.
- Reduce oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine the eggs, cheese and salt and pepper with the pepper puree and the bechamel.
- Place in half-cup molds on a tray in the oven, and bake for 30 minutes.
- While the mousse is cooking, make the anchovy sauce.
- Mince the garlic and anchovies together.
- Place in a small saucepan.
- Add the olive oil and butter, and heat over a low flame until warm.
- Do not boil.
- Top mousse with sauce, and serve immediately.
milk, butter, flour, salt, red peppers, yellow peppers, eggs, salt, clove garlic, anchovy, olive oil, butter
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/9040 (may not work)