Roasted red peppers with feta cheese

Very famous meze in Turkish Cuisine. Serve with warm flat bread (Turkish pide).

5 large red peppers
6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 garlic cloves
1/2 cup feta cheese
sea salt
black pepper

Preheat the oven. Roast the peppers, until blistered and charred all over, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from the oven, then put them in a large bowl and cover with plastic wrap and leave to cool.

After, when cool enough to handle, peel skin away from the peppers and pull away the seeds. Cut the peppers into 1/2 inch wide strips. Cut 2 garlic cloves into thin slivers. In a 10 inch saute pan add 6 tablespoons olive oil and garlic. Over medium heat, stir garlic until it starts to turn golden, add red peppers and continue stirring for 2 more minutes, after remove from the heat and add feta cheese, salt and black pepper. Serve, or let stand at room temperature for 1 hour to bring out the flavors.