Florentine Stuffed Baby Peppers
Marge Perry & David Bonom

Florentine Stuffed Baby Peppers

It looks especially nice to leave the stems on when you halve the baby peppers. Other greens may be used in place of the spinach; just be sure to cook them until they are tender.

Ingredients

INGREDIENTS

  • baby spinach
  • Dried basil
  • Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • fresh breadcrumbs
  • garlic cloves
  • grated Pecorino Romano cheese
  • mixed sweet mini peppers
  • onion
  • pepper
  • Salt
  • shredded Asiago cheese

Directions

DIRECTIONS

  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F.
  2. Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium. Add the garlic, onion and dried basil
  3. Toss the pepper halves with the remaining 1 tablespoon oil, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Place the peppers, cut side up on a shallow baking sheet. Divide the spinach mixture among the pepper halves. Bake in the center of the oven until the peppers are tender and the cheese has melted, 14-15 minutes. Serve hot or room temperature.
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