Stuffed green peppers
Ingredients:
| 6 | Medium green peppers |
| 4 Tbs. | Butter |
| 1 | Big chopped onion |
| 2 | Stalks celery, chopped |
| 1 pound | Ground beef or mix of beef and veal |
| 2 Tbs. | Fresh ground parsley |
| To taste | Salt and ground pepper |
| 1 | Medium-sized tomato cut in dices |
| ½ cup | Tomato juice or sauce |
| 2 cups | Cooked rice |
| 1/2 cup | Grated medium cheddar cheese |
Instructions:
- Cut the top of the peppers, remove the seeds and the inside and wash them.
- Season with salt and steam them for 5 minutes.
- Melt the butter and gild the vegetables; add the ground meat, stir and cook for 5 minutes.
- Season, add the other ingredients except the cheese, mix and adjust the seasoning.
- Stuff the peppers and sprinkle them with grated cheese.
- Bake in the oven at 350oF until the peppers are tender, i.e. 35 to 40 minutes.
- You can serve them that way or with tomato sauce.
Yields : 6 portions.
Leclerc, Suzanne P. Le Bulletin des Agriculteurs, octobre 1995, p. 69.
