Cheese Stuffed Roasted Red Peppers Food

GRILLED ROASTED RED PEPPERS STUFFED WITH CHEESE

Steps:

• Slice the peppers open and reserve. Add the cheese to a shallow dish and sprinkle with the red pepper flakes, parsley, oregano, a little lemon zest, lemon juice and a liberal drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil. Toss to coat the cheese chunks in the marinade. Wrap each chunk in a roasted pepper and tie with twine to make a bundle.
• Heat grill pan or outdoor grill to medium, and grill the bundles until the peppers are evenly charred and cheese is browning at edges, about 8 to10 minutes. Transfer to a serving platter and serve.

STUFFED ROASTED RED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F
• Halve the red peppers, take out the seeds and fill with the garlic and sun-dried tomatoes.
• Drizzle over the oil. Place on to a baking tray and roast in the oven for 20-25 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cook the risotto rice as instructed on the pack. When cooked, stir in the cream cheese, red pesto and pine nuts.
• Take the peppers out of the oven. Leave to cool slightly, then tip the garlic and sun-dried tomatoes from the pepper into the rice and stir.
• Pile the mixture into the pepper halves and place them back in the oven for 5 minutes or until heated through, and serve.

CHEESE-STUFFED ROASTED RED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Heat gas or charcoal gill. Place bell peppers on grill over medium-high heat. Cook 10 to 13 minutes, turning every 3 to 4 minutes, until all sides are blistered and charred.
• Place peppers in brown paper bag: fold down top. Let stand 5 minutes.
• Carefully peel as much skin from peppers as possible. Cut in half lengthwise; remove stems, seeds and ribs. Sprinkle with salt.
• Place 1 slice of cheese in each pepper half; drizzle with oil. Return pepper halves to grill; cook 5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. Sprinkle with basil. Cut each pepper half in half again.

CHEESE-STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• Fill a large bowl with ice and cold water. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add peppers and cook uncovered for 5 minutes. Drain in a colander and immediately immerse in ice water for several minutes to stop the cooking process. Drain and allow to cool.
• Meanwhile, heat 1/4 cup oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and cook until slightly softened 3 to 5 minutes. Add tomatoes, ketchup, parsley, black pepper, oregano, and cayenne pepper. Allow to cool slightly. Mix in feta cheese and parsley.
• Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
• Fill blanched peppers with feta mixture and place on a baking sheet. Brush stuffed peppers with olive oil.
• Broil peppers under the preheated broiler, turning frequently, about 15 minutes.

STUFFED MUSHROOMS WITH ROASTED RED PEPPERS AND MANCHEGO CHEESE

Steps:

• Wipe the mushroom caps clean. Remove stems completely.
• Rinse the roasted red pepper. Pat dry. Slice into thin strips.
• Put oven rack in lower one-third of oven and preheat to 450. Line a baking sheet with foil. Toss mushroom caps with oil, salt and pepper. Lay gill side down on sheet. Roast until they release juices and shrink, about 25 minutes.
• Remove them from oven. Let cool slightly. When cool enough to handle, flip, fill with cheese and place a few strips of red pepper on top. (At this point, they can be covered and chilled for up to 2 days. You may need to cook them a couple extra minutes tho.).
• Bake until mushrooms are hot and cheese is melted and bubbling, about 20 minutes. Remove to serving platter. Sprinkle with parsley and let sit for 5 minutes before serving.

ROASTED BELL PEPPERS AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Put the oven on broil.
• Clean and slice the bell pepper into four quarters. Remove the seeds and white part.
• Brush with olive oil.
• Top each slice with 1/2 ounce of mozzarella cheese.
• Cook for 10-15 minutes or until cheese is browned and bubbly.

ROASTED RED PEPPERS STUFFED WITH GOAT CHEESE AND MONTEREY JACK

Steps:

• For the sauce:.
• Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat, add onions and cook until soft, about 5 minutes.
• Add garlic and cook for 1 minute.
• Add tomatoes, stock, chipotles and oregano and simmer, stirring occasionally, until slightly thicken, 15-20 minutes.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Keep sauce warm over very low heat.
• For the roasted peppers:.
• Preheat your broiler.
• Place the whole peppers on a baking sheet covered with foil.
• Place them under the broiler, about 6 to 10 inches from the heat source.
• Turn the peppers frequently until the skin begins to blacken.
• Remove the peppers from the oven and put them in a paper grocery bag and fold down the top. This allows the peppers to steam, and to cool.
• When cool, wash off the blackened skin.
• Cut the tops off.
• Finishig Touch:.
• Mix cheeses together in a bowl.
• Stuff each pepper with 5 to tablespoons of cheese mixture and set aside.
• Put eggs into a shallow dish and season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Put flour and breadcrumbs into 2 separate dishes.
• Dredge one pepper at a time in flour, shaking off excess, then dip into eggs and dredge into breadcrumbs.
• Heat remaining oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat until hot but not smoking.
• Working in batches, fry peppers, until golden brown on each side, about 1 minute per side.
• Drain on paper towels.
• Divide sauce between 6 plates, put one peeper on each plate, and garnish with chopped cilantro.