Stuffed Red Peppers Recipe
For this recipe I use 4 large peppers which gives us enough for a main course
for 4 people when served with a side salad. You could use 8 smaller peppers and serve 8 people as a starter or 4 as a
main course. The quantities of mince and rice I have used can be varied depending on how
meaty or not you want this to be.
Stuffed Red Peppers ingredients:
For 4 or 8 people
4 large red peppers or 8 medium peppers, tops sliced off and seeded
For the Sauce:
3 tablespoons of olive oil
1 medium onion finely chopped
1 tablespoon of tomato puree
2 teaspoons of flour
200ml of vegetable or chicken stock
150ml white wine
1 tablespoon of fresh, chopped parsley or 1 teaspoon of dried parsley
For the stuffing:
4 tablespoons of olive oil
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1 clove of garlic, finely chopped
400g of mince
150g of long-grain rice (weighed before cooking) - cooked
salt
freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon of fresh, chopped parsley or 1 teaspoon of dried parsley
Preparation:
To make the sauce
Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the onion slowly for about 15 minutes. Add
the tomato puree, parsley and flour and fry gently for about 5 minutes. Add the
stock and the white wine and bring to the boil stirring continuously. Cover and
reduce the heat, and let this simmer as you prepare the stuffing.
To make stuffing
Heat the oil, add the onion and garlic and fry on a high heat for a minute. Keep
the heat high and add the mince stirring all the time as it gets brown. Cook
this for about 10 minutes then stir in the rice and parsley. Add some salt and
pepper and stir for another 5 minutes.
Place the red peppers upright in a baking dish and fill them with the stuffing.
Pour the sauce around the peppers and bake in a pre-heated oven at
190ºC/375ºF/gas mark 5 for approximately 40 minutes.
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