Sweet Peppers fried with garlic and Serrano ham

Technical stages for Sweet Peppers fried with garlic and Serrano ham :

• Clean and remove tops and seeds of the peppers.
• Peel the garlic and it very thinly.
• Cut the peppers into pieces of 3 cm long.
• Sautee the peppers in olive oil on very high heat.Add the garlic, salt and pepper.
• with 5 cl water, cover and cook for a few minutes.
• Fry the ham slices. (You don't need to add fats. Make sure not to over fry the ham or it may be quite salty).
• Serve 2 to 3 slices per serving along with the peppers.
• INFOS:
• Sweet green peppers (1 to 3 cm of diameter and 10 to 20 cm long) are very popular in the Basque country and are not the same as bell peppers.
• Serrano Ham made in Spain is a main food item of casual Basque cuisine. It is a rather lean ham with a special hazelnut taste.
• Serrano ham can be served raw or fried in very thin translucid slices.