Melty Mozzarella Stuffed Peppers
These peppers are roasted with a filling of tomato, rosemary and lemon then topped with mozarella and cooked until just melted. Served over couscous with a salsa verde made from parsley, capers, lemon and garlic. Bellisimo!
Ingredients for 2 people
You'll also need
Olive oil, Pepper, Salt (or dietary alternatives)
Cooking instructions
Instructions for 2 portion recipe.
Preheat the oven to 240°C/ 220°C (fan)/ 475°F/ Gas 9
Cut the peppers in half lengthways and discard the pith and seeds
Add the halves cut-side up to an oven-proof baking dish
Dice the tomatoes finely
Stuff the tomatoes inside the peppers
Strip the rosemary leaves from their stalks and chop the leaves finely, discarding the stalks
Halve the lemon(s)
Sprinkle the peppers with rosemary and drizzle with the juice of half the (whole) lemon and 1/2-1 tbsp olive oil
Season generously with salt and pepper
Put the dish in the oven for 25 min or until tender
Chop the parsley finely, including the stalks
Chop the capers coarsely
Meanwhile, peel and chop (or grate) the garlic finely
Combine the garlic, parsley, chopped capers, remaining lemon juice and 3 tbsp (6 tbsp) olive oil
Season generously with salt and pepper - this is your salsa verde
Boil a kettle for your couscous
Drain and cut the mozzarella into 4 (8) pieces
When the peppers are nearly tender, add the couscous to a shallow bowl with 200ml (400ml) boiled water, cover and set aside until serving
Once tender, remove the peppers from the oven and add a chunk of mozzarella
Return the dish to the oven for 5 min or until the cheese has just melted
Fluff the cooked coucous with a fork and season generously with salt and pepper
Serve the stuffed peppers over the couscous with the salsa verde drizzled over
Enjoy!
Nutritional information
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Allergens
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In addition to the recipe specific allergen information provided, due to production and packing methods Gousto boxes may also contain low levels of the following allergens: Cereals containing gluten; Crustaceans; Eggs; Fish; Peanuts; Soya; Milk; Nuts: almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, cashews, pecan nuts, brazil nuts, pistachio nuts, macadamia nuts; Celery; Sesame; Sulphur dioxide and Sulphites; Lupin; Molluscs; Mustard.
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