Baked Stuffed Peppers. Recipe from Dino_mb.

[dev_ilish]

4 Servings

Ingredients

4 large red bell peppers
1/2 cup brown basmati rice
3 bsp butter
1/2 cup pine nuts 
1/2 cup mushrooms, small diced
1 stalk celery, small diced
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1 tsp fresh oregano leaves, crumbled
1/4 cup parsley, finely copped
1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
Sea salt
black pepper
1/4 cup provolone cheese, grated
1/4 cup mozzarella cheese, grated

Method

1. Cook the rice. Wash and chop the top off the bell peppers at the stalk end, deseed and parboil for five minutes in a pan of boiling water.
2. While the rice is cooking, fry the pine nuts, celery, mushrooms and onion in the butter. Cook until the onion is just starting to turn gold.
3. Stir the rice into the mixture and stir well. Add the spices and seasonings.
4. Remove from heat and mix in the provelone cheese.
5. Place the bell peppers open-end-up in a greased baking dish. Spoon mixture into the peppers.
6. Sprinkle the mozzarella cheese over the top of the peppers.
Add approx 1/2 cup of hot water to bottom of the baking dish.
7. Bake at 400f for approx 20 minutes.