Quick recipe finder Vegetables with red pepper rouille 
Roasted vegetables do not have to be boring, flavour with saffron and serve with a smoky red pepper rouille to create a tasty vegetarian supper.
For this recipe you will need a liquidizer or food processor.
As part of an Intermittent diet plan, 1 serving provides 2 of your 6 daily vegetable portions.
This meal provides 142 kcal per portion.
Ingredients
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 2-3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 3 large pinches of saffron threads
- 3 mixed red and orange peppers, cored, deseeded and each cut into 6 strips
- 3 courgettes, about 100g/3½oz each, chopped into 2.5cm/1in chunks
- 2 onions, cut into wedges
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
For the rouille
- 4 plum tomatoes, about 250g/9oz in total
- 1 red pepper, cored, deseeded and quartered
- 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
- large pinch of ground smoked paprika
- 1 tbsp olive oil
Method
Preheat the oven to 220C/200C Fan/Gas 7.
Put the oil for the vegetables in a large plastic bag with the garlic, saffron and some salt and pepper. Add the vegetables, grip the top edge of the bag to seal and toss together. Set aside for at least 30 minutes.
Meanwhile for the rouille, put the tomatoes and pepper in a small roasting tin. Sprinkle with the garlic, smoked paprika some salt and pepper. Then drizzle the oil over and roast for 15 minutes. Allow to cool.
Peel the skins from the tomatoes and pepper. Purée the flesh in a liquidizer or food processor with any juices from the roasting tin until smooth. Spoon into a serving bowl and set aside, keep warm.
Tip the saffron vegetables into a large roasting tin and cook in the oven for 15-20 minutes, turning once, until browned.
Spoon the vegetables on to individual plates and serve with spoonfuls of the rouille.
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