Stuffed Capsicum
This Fresh recipe has been extracted from the Yates Garden Fresh Cookbook published by HarperCollins.
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In Hungary and parts of Italy, where capsicums/peppers are a major commercial crop, a common cooking method is to cut them into halves, remove the seeds and membrane, and stuff a variety of mixtures into the bell-shaped shells and bake in an oven until all the flavours meld.
Serves 2-4
- 2 red capsicums, halved lengthwise
- 100 g cherry tomatoes
- 12 black olives
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed in salt
- 1 large red chilli, deseeded and chopped
- 1 tsp capers, rinsed
- 4 slices sourdough or ciabatta, crumbed
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 8 sprigs fresh oregano, roughly chopped
- Preheat oven to 180°C.
- Remove all seeds and membranes from the capsicums
and set the shells in a sponge roll tin, cut side up.
- Divide the cherry tomatoes, olives (pitted if wished, but
leaving the stone in intensifies the flavour), garlic and salt,
chilli, capers and breadcrumbs between the capsicum halves.
- Divide 1 Tbsp oil between the halves, and pour the rest
into the baking tin.
- Scatter the oregano over the capsicum halves.
- Bake for 40 minutes or until the capsicums are soft and
the stuffing mixture has cooked into a rich tangle.
- Serve warm.
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Rosa
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08:44, 07 July 2010
Yum, i substituted the capers for parmessan cheese. this recipe is also delicious with minced meat or with rice. thank you we enjoyed it.
Gary
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09:30, 07 July 2010
Instead of minced meat I would also use minced pork or a combination of both minced meat and minced pork. You could also use minced chicken. I would also use other coloured peppers such as the green and yellow ones for a colourful plated serve
Shirley
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10:41, 07 July 2010
I never had any capers but the dish was delicious anyway.
mary
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18:36, 08 July 2010
i had no capers but i enjoyed them
Wendy
Yates site member
17:01, 14 July 2010
sounds yum.
wayne
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15:25, 18 July 2010
might make them and sell them in my butcher shop they sound good
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