If you've been regularly reading my blog
and have an attention span greater than that of a gnat,
then you might recall Angela from Wisconsin
had requested a recipe
from Just Ask Rosie
for stuffed peppers.
And I delivered 5 different stuffed peppers,
my favorite being the "Southwestern,"
with corn, black beans, some other stuff, and cheese.
Well, Angela and Dear Readers,
I have another stuffed pepper recipe for you that I made last night.
I generally don't care for orzo pasta,
but this time I made an orzo stuffing
for the peppers which was quite good.
I hope you'll enjoy it too.
Here are the rest of the ingredients for my stuffing:
3 Roma tomatoes
2 garlic cloves
1/2 zucchini
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
mint
parsley
basil
salt and pepper
The stuffing is ready to go into my peppers.
I had to do a taste test at this point and I must say
it's tasting pretty good right now.
So I had to try about 5-6 more spoonfuls
just to be sure.
I added more Parmesan cheese over top
then put the peppers back in the oven
until the cheese was nicely browned.
And here are my orzo-stuffed peppers.
I have to say, these were quite good.
I loved the cheese.
Cheese makes everything better.
(If I had it to do over,
I would have put Mozzarella cheese in with the stuffing,
along with the Parmesan, just because I like
gooey, melted cheese.)
I liked all the flavors - the tomato, the freshness of the herbs.
And you had the slight texture of the zucchini
contrasting with the softness of the pasta.
And the Parmesan cheese.
Did I mention the cheese?
But the stuffing inside the pepper was even better
since you had the roasted pepper flavor
permeating the stuffing.
I nuked one of the leftover stuffed peppers for lunch today,
after adding some slices of Mozzarella.
The gooey, ooey Mozzarella
made this even better.
After nuking the pepper,
I noticed the skin was peeling off a bit,
so I pulled it off all the way
and put the roasted pepper in a jar
with a little olive oil over top
and will use that later in some dish
I've yet to come up with.
Please try the peppers.
You'll be glad you did.
1 comment:
you inspired me Rosie! I am gonna make some Mexican stuffed peppers tomorrow. Will post on FaceBook.
thanks
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