Recipes Sweet Roasted-Pepper Salad with Anchovies and Garlic Be the first to rate & review! This garlicky pepper salad, with bits of salty anchovies and chopped fresh herbs, comes from Paul Bartolotta. Great with hunks of crusty bread, it's also excellent when spread on sandwiches, mixed into pasta, paired with fresh mozzarella or even pureed as a sauce for roasted fish.Plus: More Vegetable Recipes and Tips By Paul Bartolotta Paul Bartolotta F&W Star Chef » See All F&W Chef Superstars Restaurant: Ristorante di Mare (Las Vegas); Lake Park Bistro, Ristorante Bartolotta, Bacchus (Milwaukee) Experience: Spiaggia (Chicago), San Domenico (NYC) Education: Milwaukee Area Technical College (restaurant and hotel management program) Who taught you to cook? What is the most important thing you learned from them? I have been blessed with many mentor chefs. My first maestro was Giovanni Marangelli. He was my first chef in my native Milwaukee and left a profound impact on my life. After months of preparing the ingredients for every dish, watching him cook and then tasting and plating the final dish, I was frustrated that he never let me actually cook. One night, he stepped off the line and said, “You’re cooking tonight, not me.” Stunned, I did just that. I realized that by knowing the ingredients in correct proportion, watching him cook and intimately knowing the final product, I knew how to cook. He had taught me this formula: Balance of ingredients + Time + Temperature = Taste What was the first dish you ever cooked by yourself? Italian eggs, a.k.a. scrambled eggs made with olive oil. What is the best dish for a neophyte home cook to try? Almost anything. Just try it! What’s the most important skill you need to be a great cook? Patience. Is there a culinary skill or type of dish that you wish you were better at? I am curious about molecular gastronomy but not interested enough to change the way I cook and view food. What is the best-bang-for-the-buck ingredient and how would you use it? Buy the best extra-virgin olive oil you can find. Name three restaurants you are dying to go to in the next year, and why? Some unknown restaurant in a port where I dock my sailboat...TBD! What are your talents besides cooking? I am a good communicator. What is the most cherished souvenir you’ve brought back from a trip? Documents for my Italian passport. What dish are you famous for? More than any single dish, I’m known for sourcing and overnighting the freshest seafood from the Mediterranean, what I like to call my Italian-speaking fish, like my live langoustines that flock in my tanks until they are summoned for the pleasure of my guests. Favorite cookbook of all time? La Grande Cucina Regionale Italiana, by Fernanda Gossetti. One technique everyone should know? How to season food. What’s the best-bang-for-the-buck food trip? Where would you go and why? Rent a sailboat with a skipper, sail to port towns, find the best local olive oil, seafood and vegetables to make super-simple lunches. Then eat in the locals’ favorite restaurants. If you could invent a restaurant for an imaginary project, what would it be? A beach restaurant with plastic furniture under umbrellas, and a huge grill to cook fish. What’s the best house cocktail? An Aperol Fizz. What is your current food obsession? Live crustaceans and mollusks. What do you eat straight out of the fridge, standing up?Salumi e formaggi. Food & Wine's Editorial Guidelines Updated on December 15, 2015 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Active Time: 30 mins Total Time: 2 hrs Yield: 8 Ingredients 4 large red bell peppers 4 large yellow bell peppers 3/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for rubbing 4 large garlic cloves, thinly sliced 4 large anchovy fillets, rinsed and chopped 2 tablespoons coarsely chopped basil 2 tablespoons finely chopped flat-leaf parsley Salt and freshly ground pepper Directions Preheat the oven to 450°. Rub the red and yellow bell peppers with olive oil and arrange them on a baking sheet. Roast the peppers for about 35 minutes, turning occasionally, until they are softened and blackened. Transfer the roasted peppers to a medium bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let cool. Peel and seed the cooled bell peppers and pat them dry. Cut the peppers into thick strips and transfer them to a medium bowl. Add the sliced garlic, chopped anchovies, basil, parsley and the 3/4 cup of olive oil to the peppers and toss to coat completely. Season with salt and pepper and let the peppers stand at room temperature for at least 1 hour and up to 6 hours. Make Ahead The peppers can be refrigerated for up to 1 week. Serve With Crusty bread. Rate it Print